Photographer Gérard Rancinan shot nearly 900 of China’s Olympic hopefuls over the last three years during visits to sports schools in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang. The athletes ranged in age from roughly eight to 30 and represented almost every Olympic sport. The full portfolio comes together as a portrait of China’s sports future and is currently on display in Paris. Here are some of our favorites. [Source]
Some of these hopefuls look no older than 8 years old. When I was 8, instead of training for the Olympics, I was trying to build the biggest house made of legos in the world (basically, I was a worthless child.) Sometimes when I watch the Olympics, I end up cheering for teams like China, because these kids are picked since sperm to go to some run down facility and train to be the best gymnast/swimmer/ninja in all of China.
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