Mr, Sung said that he could not help being impressed by the progress in athletics made by Germany since the 1982 Olympiad. "One of the Feasons for this was that the whole nation were being trained in athletics, and Germany had a very wide choice of athletes from the people as a whole. Politics had a tot to do with the decision as to where the next Olympiad was to be held. Some nations tried especially to gain the honour of being hosts at the next Olympiad, and the Chinese delegation were approached by persons" who {ried to persuade them to vote for a certain country.
Progress in athletics, concluded Mr. Sung, could not be accomplishe! small group, and he hoped that the National Government would see the importance of physical culture, and yo their full support to its extension throughout China, Me. - Sung afterwards satisfied the curiosity of tone of his listeners as to the eaten by the Chinese athletes curing the Games. When first they arrived at the Olympic village, he said, they were approached by a Chinese cook, who opened to be a Cantonese. Fearing that Cantonese food would not appeal all the athletes, he decided to try out foreign food for one day, and at the end of that time the athletes forgot about Chinese food, and throve on their now diet.
Among those present at the luncheon were Mr. W. Vinson Lee. regional director of the Y's Men's Clubs, Dr. J. C, MeCracken, an Olym-ie Cames veteran, Mr. C. W. Peh and Mr. W. E, Hines,
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