China's Zhang Guozheng cheers after he won gold in the men's 69 kg (group A) weighlifting com petition at the Nikaia Olympic Weighlifting Hall in Athens. [AP Photo]

Zhang Guozeheng is helped from the stage after injuring his back during the men's 152lb (69 kg) event at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall during the Summer Olympics in Athens, Wednesday Aug. 18, 2004. Zhang won the gold medal in the event. [AP Photo]

China's Zhang Guozheng (C) celebrates his gold medal win on the podium with South Korea's Lee Bae-young (L) who took the silver medal and Croatia's Nikolay Pechalov who won the bronze medal in the men's 69kg weightlifting event in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. [Reuters]

China's Zhang Guozheng celebrates his gold medal in the men's 69 kg weightlifting event on the podium at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. Zhang Guozheng earned China's third gold medal in Olympic weightlifting after combining 160 kg in the snatch with 187.5 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 347.5 kg. [Reuters]

Members of the Chinese swimming team celebrate with a national flag after winning the silver medal in the women's 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. The U.S. team won the gold medal and set a world record with a time of seven minutes 53.42 seconds. [Reuters]

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