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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.
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
2nd September 2007
Mens Basketball 2007 FIBA Europe Championship
| September 3, 2007 6:00 pm | to | September 16, 2007 6:00 pm |
September 3-16, 2007 in Spain. Two spots up for grabs.
Official site: http://www.eurobasket2007.org/en/default.asp