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China's top 50 athletes
No 1: Liu Xiang
No 2: Yao Ming
No 3: Guo Jingjing - gold in women's synchronised 3m springboard, gold in women's 3m springboard
No 4: Zhao Ruirui - bronze in women's volleyball
No 5: Yang Wei - gold in men's gymnastics team, gold in men's individual all-round gymnastics, silver in men's gymnastics rings
No 6: Lin Dan - gold in badminton (men's singles)
No 7: Wang Liqin - gold in men's team table tennis, bronze in men's singles table tennis
No 8: Xie Xingfang - silver in women's singles badminton
No 9: Zheng Zhi
No 10: Chen Xiexia - gold in women's 48kg weightlifting
No 11: Ma Yibo - silver in women's hockey
No 12: Tian Jia - silver in women's beach volleyball
No 13: Zheng Jie & Yan Zi - bronze in women's tennis doubles
No 14: Li Qin & Tian Liang
No 15: Meng Guanliang & Yang Wenjun - gold in men's 500m doubles canoeing / kayaking
No 16: Wei Ning
No 17: He Kexin - gold in women's gymnastics team final, gold in women's uneven bars
No 18: Guo Yue - gold in women's table tennis team event, bronze in women's singles table tennis
No 19: Liu Chunhong - gold in women's 69kg weightlifting
No 20: Qin Kai and Wang Feng - gold in men's synchronised 3m springboard
No 21: Zhu Qinan - silver in men's 10m air rifle
No 22: Li Xiaopeng - gold in men's gymnastics team, gold in men's parallel bars
No 23: Zhou Chunxiu - bronze in women's marathon
No 24: Zhang Jiewen
No 25: Tan Xue - silver in women's team sabre
No 26: Li Hongli - silver in men's 77kg weightlifting
No 27: Chen Ying - gold in 50m 3 positions rifle event
No 28: Zhang Yining - gold in women's table tennis team event, gold in women's singles table tennis
No 29: Zhang Juanjuan - gold in women's individual (70-metre) archery
No 30: Shi Zhiyong
No 31: Zhang Wenxiu - bronze in women's hammer
No 32: Chen Zhong
No 33: Tong Wen - gold in women's +78kg judo
No 34: Xiao Qin - gold in men's pommel horse
No 35: Chen Jin - bronze in men's badminton singles
No 36: Guo Shuang - bronze in women's track sprint
No 37: He Chong - gold in men's 3m springboard diving
No 38: Wang Xin - gold in women's synchronised 10m platform
No 39: Zou Shiming - gold in light-flyweight boxing
No 40: Wu Jingyu - gold in women's 49kg taekwondo
No 41: Gao Ling
No 42: Cheng Fei - gold in women's gymnastics team final
No 43: Wang Hao - gold in men's team table tennis, silver in men's singles table tennis
No 44: Du Li - gold in women's 50m rifle 3 x 20 (overall)
No 45: Wu Peng
No 46: Xian Dongmei - gold in women's 52kg judo
No 47: Wang Nan - gold in women's table tennis team event, silver in women's singles table tennis
No 48: Li Na
No 49: Yi Jianlian
No 50: Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting