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Sport Today: LA Lakers Sign Chinese Olympian

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LA Lakers Sign Chinese Olympian

2016/08/24 GMT

BBC World Service - Sport Today, LA Lakers Sign Chinese Olympian

Yi Jianlian is set to be the only Chinese player in the NBA next season.

Yi Jianlian is set to be the only Chinese player in the NBA next season after singing for the LA Lakers.

Join Michael Williams as we discuss Russia's dismissed appeal by CAS to compete at the Paralympics.  We also head to Beijing to look at the impact of Yi Jianlian singing for a top NBA side.  Plus we are joined in the studio by the only divers that beat China at the Rio Olympics, Great Britain's Chris Mears and Jack Laugher.

(Photo; Yi Jianlian playing in Rio 2016, Credit Getty Images)

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