Chinese delegation arrives in Athens
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-08-09 11:18

A 267-member Chinese team arrived for the Athens Olympic Games Sunday afternoon which are due to kick off on August 13, 2004.

Chinese Olympic table tennis team coach Cai Zhenhua (left) and world champion Ma Lin wave as they arrive at Athens airport, August 8, 2004. More than 200 members of China's Olympic team arrived at Athens on Sunday for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games which will kick off on August 13. [Xinhua]

Among the first main batch of the Chinese delegation were chef- de-mission and Chinese Olympic chief Yuan Weimin and athletes in 16 sports, namely shooting, archery, table tennis, diving, swimming, weightlifting, fencing, softball, women's handball, field hockey, boxing, judo, wrestling, cycling, tennis and beach volleyball.

Chinese Olympic diving team members, world champions Tian Liang(l) and Guo Jingjing(R), arrive at Athens airport August 8, 2004. [Xinhua]

Teams of women's soccer, gymnastics, rowing and women's field hockey had earlier arrived in Athens.

The total number of Chinese Olympic delegates is 637, the country's largest ever for the world's top sporting event.

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