China's Yao Ming reacts during the preliminary Olympic basketball match against Spain in Athens August 15, 2004. Dejected after another disappointing international basketball performance in a loss to Spain, Yao said he was considering cutting short his national team career. China came into the Olympic tournament with high hopes resting mainly on the broad shoulders of the 23-year-old seven foot, six inch center who plays for the Houston Rockets in the NBA.

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