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Chinese football's Olympic dream

CCTV.com

07-05-2016 13:00 BJT

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The Chinese delegation at the Rio Olympics will be one of the nations that will be among the leaders on the medal table; most will be in diving, and gymnastics.

The men’s national football team did not qualify for Rio, and they have only made it to the Olympic tournament on four occasions.

But back in the 1920s, Li Huitang, a name nearly forgotten in history, did lead a “golden era” of Chinese football.

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