Yaoming China's No. 1 celebrity makes most of his millions on America's basketball courts. Liu Xiang China's liu xiang became the first Asian in history to win the men;s 110m hurdles at the olympic games He also broke the Li Xiaopeng Chinese ace gymnast Li Xiaopeng won the parallel bars gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, proving his strong comeback to the podium at the highest level Guo Jingjing Born in Baoding, Hebei province, on October 15, 1981, Guo took up diving when she was six years old at the Baoding Training Base.

Michael Phelps Born in Maryland on June 30, 1985, Michael Phelps started swimming when he was seven years old. Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva is the reigning Olympic champion, the reigning World Champion, two-time IAAF Female Athlete of the Year, and world record-holder in the women's pole vault. Usain Bolt Usain Bolt smashed his own world record in winning the Olympic 100 meters title in Beijing with one of the most remarkable performances in the history of track and field. Shawn Johnson Shawn Johnson stands at the end of the balance beam and takes a breath before launching into two back handsprings, then a flip that takes her to the opposite tip of the 4-inch-wide beam.