September 08, 2009

China anticipate positive Olympic decision

In little over a month the fate of Olympic Rugby Sevens will be known and its inclusion in the Olympic Games will be decided when the 106-member assembly meet in Copenhagen.

Following the IOC’s decision to recommend Sevens, along with golf, to be included as of 2016 as an Olympic sport, many people have dreamt of what the decision could mean for the sport in their country.

But few people will be fretting over the decision as much as the band of enthusiasts who have run the sport in China on a shoestring for the last two decades – including China women’s head coach Zheng Hongjun.

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