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8th September 2007

Stockmarket to continue to boom post-Olympics

China’s already over heated stock market is predicted to continue to grow once the Olympics has finished, according to the investment firm UBS.

“If history repeats itself, we would likely continue to see a positive stock market return for China in both 2008 and 2009,” Shan and Huang wrote.

Source

7th September 2007

Ryoko Tani (Tamura) - Women’s Judo

Born: September 6, 1975

Sport: Judo - Women’s - 48kg

Country: Japan

Ryoko Tani (mainden name Tamura) is a popular Judo champion in Japan who won her first Olympic medal (silver) at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 when she was just 16 years old.

She has won the International Women’s Judo Championships every year since 1990. She won gold medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and the Athens Olympics in 2004. She appears on television in Japan often and in 2003, she married Yoshitomo Tani a professional baseball player.

It is still uncertain if she will compete in the Beijing Olympics, but she will have the whole Japanese population hoping she will.

China’s police get in line for Olympics

Wanting to show a clean view of China to the world, the Chinese government is requesting it’s police force to shape up for the Olympic games. They could land themselves in trouble for spitting, smoking or eating in public.

“We will spare no effort to do a great job for the Games and beyond,” Beijing traffic officer Zeng Qinghui was quoted as saying by the official China Daily newspaper.

The government is also encouraging its citizens to refrain from spitting, littering and driving wrecklessly.

Read more: China Police to Shape Up for Olympics

Bush accepts Olympic invitation

United States President, George Bush has accepted Chinese President Hu Jintao’s invitation to attend the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

“He extended an invitation to me and Laura and our family to come to the Olympics and, of course, I was anxious to accept.” George Bush told reporters in a public statement.

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Yang Wei power behind China’s team gold medal

Yang Wei helped to power China to a gold medal in the men’s team title at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany. The six man team comprising: Yang, Xiao Qin, Huang Xu, Chen Yibing, Liang Fuliang and Zou Kai beat Olympic champions Japan and hosts Germany, came in third.

“It’s the fifth time I’ve won a team gold medal and this competition has strengthened team spirit,” said Yang after achieving his sixth world gold for China, including individual titles.

The US team came in fourth. “It’s a team effort whether or not there was a mistake, fourth place is a gigantic jump for us. No one is going to count us out now for Beijing.” said Gymnast Guillermo Alvarez.

Read more: Yang powers China to another gymnastics men’s team gold

6th September 2007

Wanted: smiling children’s faces

Beijing Olympics organizers are launching a campaign to collect photographs of smiling children’s faces from around the world.

Exactly how the photographs will be used is still confedential.

Requirements:

- picture must be of a smiling child
- must be at least five million pixels, in color
- must never have been used before for commercial purposes
- saved in JPG format with the filename the name of the child

Photos need to be sent to the following address, by express mail service, with the term “SMILING FACE” on the envelope:

Operating Center for Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

55 Lin Cui Xi Li, Chao Yang District,

Beijing, 100085, China

Further details

600 applications from Taiwan to volunteer for Olympics

China’s Olympic organizing committee received over 600 applications for volunteer positions at the Beijing Olympics.

In total they have received 560,000 applications - a record for any Olympic Games.

See here for more information on becoming a volunteer at the Beijing Olymic Games.

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Hopes for Christine Ohuruogu to compete

Christine Ohuruogu won the women’s 400 meter in Osaka last week, but she may not be able to compete in the Beijing Olympics.

Christine was banned not for taking drugs but for failing to take three out of competition drugs tests, one in October 2005 and two in June 2006. She received a one year ban for not taking the tests and a lifetime from competing in the Olympics.

The decisioin whether to lift the ban currently sits with the British Olympic Association (BOA).

“I’m number one in the world and it would be a shame if I wasn’t in the Olympics,” she said.

“I’m hoping my appeal to the BOA will swing my way now. There are precedents for it. I’m hoping that’s the case.”

Further reading: Banned for life Christine looks for a Beijing Olympic reprieve

5th September 2007

Yao Ming 1 reply

Born: September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China

Sport: Basketball

Country: China

Yao Ming plays in the NBA where he is considered to be one the best centers in the league. He is currently playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA.

He carried the Chinese flag in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and hopes to carry it again at the Beijing Olympics.

yao ming

Gymnastic qualifying teams

The follow countries have now qualified to compete in the gymnastic events in the Beijing Olympic Games:

6 athletes per team

Men

China
Japan
Germany
United States
Russia
Romania
Spain
South Korea
France
Italy
Canada
Belarus

Women

United States
China
Romania
Russia
Italy
United Kingdom
France
Brazil
Ukraine
Germany
Australia
Japan

2 athletes per team

Men

Ukraine
Switzerland
United Kingdom

Women

North Korea
Canada
Spain

1 athlete per team

Men

Puerto Rico
Brazil
Greece

Women

Czech Republic
Netherlands
Switzerland


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