| China's table-tennis legend Deng Yaping
and other four ex-athletes have been elected into the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission in Lausanne Dec.3.
Sweden's cross country skier Thomas Gustafson, Cuba's volleyballer
Mireya Hernandez, Algeria's track-and-field athlete Nourredine Moroelli,
and Mozambique's track-and-field athlete Maria Mutolo completed
the 19-member commission.
Eight athletes were elected during the Sydney Olympic Games.
Deng, 27, was the only table-tennis player with four Olympics golds.
She won the women's single and double gold medals in the 1992 Barcelona
Olympics, and reigned the title in both events four years later
in Atlanta.
(People's Daily 12/04/2000)
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