From this regional partnership, we will again provide athletes the environment to be the best.

Provided the enabling environment is established and maintained, this program will be achievable within two years, though if the conditions are right to move more quickly in implementing elements of the plan, the government will do so,

Our athletes' performance in Turin will help us forge partnership with more international and domestic companies. Company sponsorship and the sports lottery should be important financial sources for China's winter sports.

If true, the impact of this partnership could be extremely positive for RIM.

This is inexcusable. Whoever does such a thing can no longer be a model [for athletes]. ... We suspended him even before we found out he was in the hospital.

A lot of these athletes, their objective is to sustain their quest for the next Olympics, not having to work at a job that distracts them, ... Most of them will gladly do it on six-figure deals. Five-figure deals are what a lot of these athletes look for.