CCTV Sports Promotion, the commercial arm of broadcast giant CCTV,
China's national television network, and Puerto Rico's
Sportsnow!, have reached an agreement to co-produce and distribute
Who's Who: The Rivals, a series featuring the world's top
athletes as they prepare for next year's Summer Olympic Games, to
be held in Beijing.
The series will consist of 50 24-minute episodes, and will feature
exclusive interviews with the top 50 Chinese Olympic gold medal
contenders, as well as the top 50 international athletes from around the
globe. Each episode will focus on the top two or three athletes in each
discipline, and will follow them as they prepare for the biggest event
of their careers.
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