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Athletes from China's synchronised swimming Olympic team practice a routine in their training base in Sao Paulo's famous Esporte Clube Pinheiros on July 30. Photo: Xinhua




Athletes from China's Olympic delegation have been making themselves at home at their training base in Sao Paulo's famous Esporte Clube Pinheiros Kenny Vaccaro Jersey Sale , where they have been making the final preparations from their events in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

According to Chinese Olympic officials, a total of 17 teams from China will use the club from July 22 to August 15 to train, acclimatize and recover from jet lag. The Olympic Games will last until August 21.

People's Daily journalists visited the training base ahead of the start of the games to report on how Chinese athletes are preparing for the biggest competition in the world.

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Esporte Clube Pinheiros was chosen as the training base for Chinese athletes because the well-equipped club has a good environment which will allow the sportspeople to train effectively and stay safe, said Sun Yuanfu Will Compton Jersey Sale , Deputy Chef de Mission of the Pre-Games Training Camp of the Chinese delegation.

Established in 1899, Esporte Club Pinheiros covers an area of 170,000 square meters and houses facilities for 15 sports including table tennis, artistic gymnastics Dion Lewis Jersey Sale , swimming, badminton and football.

China will send a total of 416 athletes, including 35 Olympic champions, to the Rio games. This is the largest Olympic delegation China has ever sent overseas Malcolm Butler Jersey Sale , according to the Xinhua News Agency.

After finishing their preparation in Sao Paulo, the delegation will travel 430 kilometers northeast to Rio, where they will stay in the Olympic Village during the competition.

Sun said on July 30 that three teams - table tennis, gymnastics and football - had already finished their pre-games training and moved to the Olympic Village. At that time about 300 athletes from 10 teams including swimming Kamalei Correa Jersey Sale , badminton, boxing, and volleyball were still training in the club.

Two fencers were sparring when People's Daily reporters went to check out the fencing hall of the Esporte Clube Pinheiros on July 30.

The fencing team arrived in Sao Paulo on July 24. Only four of the 13 athletes have participated in major competitions before, Wang Jian Dennis Kelly Jersey Sale , leader of the team said.

Eleven of the 15 athletes competing as part of the Chinese badminton team have previous Olympic experience and Lin Dan, who has competed in four Olympic Games, is expected to win the gold medal in the men's singles this year. Lin is likely to compete against longtime rival Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the semi-final.

In the Chinese boxing team, a total of 11 athletes qualified for the Rio Olympic Games and they arrived in Sao Paulo on July 28.

""The main training has been finished in Beijing. So here our main task is to acclimatize and recover from jet lag Kevin Byard Jersey Sale ,"" said Zhou Tao, the leader of the team.

But most team members are young and lack experience in major