In the Rio Games we didn't win so many medals... we didn't assess objectively the challenges we might face at these Games," said Liu. "In recent years more countries have attached importance to the Olympic Games, so the level of play internationally has come up and the competition has become fierce. "Liu said inexperience particularly had cost China, whose team was young with three-quarters of them competing at their first Olympics. Her 'prehistoric strength' as she put it fully demonstrated the modern Chinese athletes: they're confident, they're active and they've fully pushing forward. "We have fully demonstrated our Chinese spirit.

Source: Times of India August 21, 2016 05:07 UTC