Training Is Rigorous by Greg Baker

Photo Credit: Greg Baker

Greg Baker, a brilliant photo-journalist was born and lives in Rockford, Illinois. He did his bachelors in photographic illustration from the Brooks institute. He mostly does travel, lifestyle and journalistic photography.

Training is rigorous

Sports, third prize stories

17-04-2000

A young gymnast displays his blistered hands. The state-sponsored Shichahai sports school in Beijing selects and coaches young athletes to become future Olympians. Training is rigorous. Medical screening and X-rays keep track of the children's physical development, and discipline is taught at an early age. The gymnastics regime is one of the most demanding. Days begin at 7.00 am and end at 9.30 pm, with academic work in the morning and gymnastics in the afternoons.

Commissioned by: The Associated Press