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Young boy with a bowl of training material. At the table tennis room there are 30 tables and more than 60 students train simultaneously. The Shichahai sport school has raised five world champions in table tennis.

A young boy collecting table tennis balls at a training session.

Little girl Lu is only five years old and one of the youngest in the class. She is considered to have a good future in gymnastics.

At the gymnastic sessions the avarage age is between 6 and 10 years old. 'You are most welcome to call it a sportsfactory. That´s just exactly what it is,' says the head principal of the school.

More than 600 students are training at the Shichahai sports school. China is on a higher level than most countries with training for young children. Russia and Romania are possibly the only countries that are able to compare with us, says one of the…

Shichahai Sports School in Beijing is one the largest sports schools in China. More than 20 world champions in different sports has attended the school, and it is considered the most succesful sports school in China.

Beads of sweat form on the scalp of Lyndon Box, from Alabama, as he tries to cool down after the Lifestyles Realtors Beaches Fine Arts Series Triathlon in Jacksonville, Florida, Saturday, July 9, 2005. Box regularly travels to compete in triathlons…

Marcell 'DC' Hamilton, 19, from Jacksonville, dunks during the Open Run part of the And 1 Streetball Tour stop in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday, July 17, 2005. The worn out pair of Air Jordans dangling from the backboard were hung by And 1's Aaron…

On holiday weekends visitors gather at Glamis Dunes from all over the western U.S. and Mexico to race dune bikes, buggies, and other 4-wheel drive vehicles. The highlight of his event is jumping buggies from one sand dune to another at distances…

Lazio's midfielder Fabio Liverani walks past Lazio supporters after throwing his shirt and shorts at them at the end of Lazio vs AS Roma Series A soccer match at Rome's Olympic stadium 06 January 2005. Lazio won the match 3-1.