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Yao Holding Court As Beijing Bids For Winter Olympics


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2015-07-29T093805Z_1006980001_LYNXNPEB6S0ES_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-OLYMPICS-CHINA-YAO.JPGBy Julian Linden KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Standing 2.29 meters (7ft 6in) tall, Yao Ming has never been able to hide in the background. With the International Olympic Committee to vote in Kuala Lumpur on Friday whether to award the games to Beijing or Almaty, Yao has become the public face of China's campaign and in high demand in the Malaysian capital. When Yao was in the NBA, he was banned from ever skiing or skating in fear that he might slip over and injure himself but said he had no hesitation in volunteering to join Beijing's bid team.

 

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