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A Life in Sport

They call ed him the prince of gymnasts. When he retired at the age of 26, he had won 106 gold medal s in major competitions across the world.

They included six out of seven gold medals at the 1982 World Championship, and three at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles (as well as two silver and a bronze). Li Ning was the best.

When sports journalist s met in 1999 to make a list of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of the twentieth century, Li Ning's name was on it, together with footballer Pelé and boxer Muhammad Ali.

But even though he had won everything it was possible to win in his sport, Li Ning retired with the feeling that he had failed. He was disappointe d because he had not performe d well in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

But it was this sense of failure that made him determined to succeed in his new life. A year after his retirement, Li Ning began a new career— as a businessman. But he didn't forget his sporting background. He decided to launch a new brand of sportswear, competing with global giants like Nike and Adidas.

He made the unusual choice, for a Chinese person, of choosing his own name as the brand mark. The bright red logo is made up of the first two pinyin letters of Li Ning's name, L and N.人们称他为体操王子。

26岁退役时,他己在世界重大比赛中获得了106枚金牌。(major

['me?d??]adj. 主要的;重要的)

其中包括1982年世界锦标赛总共七枚金牌申的六枚,1984年洛杉矾奥运会上

的三枚金牌(以及两枚银牌和一枚铜牌)。(as well as 也;和…一样;不但…而且)

李宁是最优秀的。

1999年,当体育记者们在评选20世纪最杰出的运动员时,李宁和球王贝利、

拳王阿里一起名列其中。(make a list of列出一张…单)

但即使是已经赢得了自己在体操运动项目上所能赢得的一切,李宁还是带着一

种失败的感觉退了役。

他在1988年汉城奥运会上表现不佳,这使他感到很失望。(perform [p?'f??m] vt. 执行;完成;演奏)

但就是这种失败感使他决心在新的生活中取得成功。

退役一年后,李宁开始了他新的事业---从商。

但是,他并没有忘记他的运动生涯(背景)。

他决定推出一种新品牌的运动服,和全球大公司耐克、阿迪达斯等竞争。(launch [l??nt?] n. 发射;发行,投放市场;下水;giant ['d?a??nt] n. 巨人;伟人;[动] 巨大

对一个中国人而言,他作出了异乎寻常的选择,那就是用自己的名字做商标。

那个鲜红色的商标是由"李宁"

拼音的两个首宇母L和N组成。

Li Ning's sports clothes came onto the market at just the right time. The number of young people with money to spend was on the increase—and sport had never been so popular.

Li Ning's design s were attractive, and they had a major advantage over their better-known rivals — they were cheaper. A pair of Nike trainers, for example, could cost up to five times as much as a similar

Li Ning product. Success for Li Ning was guaranteed, and it came quickly.

In just a few years, Li Ning won more than fifty percent of the national market.

Today a Li Ning product is purchased every ten seconds. But the clothes are not only worn on the athletics track or the football pitch.

If you go into a school or university anywhere, the chances are you will see students in Li Ning tracksuits with the familiar logo.

The company has also grown internationally. The Spanish and French gymnastics teams wear Li Ning clothes, while Italian designer s are employe d by the company to create new styles.

Whenever Chinese athletes step out onto the track during the 2008 Olympics, they will be wearing Li Ning tracksuits.李宁运动服进人市场正当

其时。

有钱消费的年轻人的数量在增加,而体育运动也得到前所未有的普及。