Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin kulle al'umma na tsakiyar karni na 20 na kasar Sin, Luan da Yao suna da hotuna ne kawai don su koyi motsin su. Sun sami mummunan kwarewa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1980
a Dortmund, Jamus ta Yamma; Yao ya ce ya tuna da mutane a cikin masu sauraro suna dariya a kan rashin kyawun su (cikin waɗannan mutane akwai Irina Rodnina, wanda daga baya ya tuna da yin wasan motsa jiki yana da ban dariya sosai). Sun gama a 15th, a karshe wuri. Sun sake fafatawa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya sau biyu a 1981 da 1982, suna gamawa a duka lokutan. Sun kuma kasance na 15 a wasannin Olympics na 1984. Bayan wadannan abubuwan da suka kunyatar da shi, Yao ya kuduri aniyar samar da wata kungiya ta 'yan wasan motsa jiki na duniya.