China’s new heroes are Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo who have gained the gold medal at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in the figure skating. Previous to their victory Russia had held on to the pairs gold title for 46 years.

The Chinese pair had emerged from retirement in one more bid to win the gold Olympic medal and in doing so received a standing ovation from the crowd.

The ecstatic couple celebrated victory by holding the Chinese flag proudly during a lap of honour at the rink which was filled to capacity. At a news conference afterwards Shen expressed that maybe now it was time to stop skating and have a baby.

Zhao, who had won the world title 3 times with Shen said “This is a dream come true”. China had never before won an Olympic figure skating gold and in true Olympic style, another pair from China, Pang Qing and Tong Jian, won the silver medal.

Do you think this story represents genuine Olympic spirit? To come out of retirement and achieve the impossible dream surely gives us all hope?

source: www.onlykent.com