Children practice doing handstands at the Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics School in Xiantao, central China's Hubei province, October 2007. More than 60 children aged between three and 10 from all over China train at the boarding school.
A young student wipes her eye as she rest during a training session at the Gymnastics Hall of the Shanghai University of Sports October 10, 2007. Students of the gymnastics class of Yangpu District Youth Sports School are all aged between 5 and 9. China's future Olympic hopefuls train at one of the thousands of provincial sports schools around the country.
A coach stretches a young gymnastic student during a training session at the Gymnastics Hall of the Shanghai University of Sports October 2007. Students of the gymnastics class of Yangpu District Youth Sports School are all aged between 5 and 9. China's future Olympic hopefuls train at one of the thousands of provincial sports schools around the country.
A young gymnastic student balances on the beam during a training session at the Gymnastics Hall of the Shanghai University of Sports October 2007. Students of the gymnastics class of Yangpu District Youth Sports School are all aged between 5 and 9. China's future Olympic hopefuls train at one of the thousands of provincial sports schools around the country.