China's hope for gold lies on the track

Women 500m

Women 500m (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

The host country of the 2008 Olympic Games is working diligently to assure that its own national anthem will be played in the Laoshan velodrome at least once during the Games' track cycling events, but the challenge for the Chinese team started two years ago, when the UCI decided to slash the women's 500m time trial from the Olympic schedule.

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