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7th September 2007

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

US may base atheletes in South Korea for Olympics

Bloomber news was reporting the United States is considering basing its athletes in South Korea to avoid Beijing’s pollution problems and flying them in for their events.

“The economic costs of China’s pollution are escalating,” Jing Ulrich, chairman of China equities at JPMorgan Chase & Co., said in the Bloomberg report. “To effectively tackle these issues, China must change its macroeconomic structure. Instead of relying on heavy industry, the government should promote the service sector and private consumption.”

It would seem unlikely that the United States would go through with such a move. All of the events are taking place in China, so when it comes to the actual competition the pollution is going to be impossible to escape.

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Canada’s men gymnast team makes it through to the Olympics

The Canadian men’s gymnastics team has made it through to the Beijing Olympics. Needing to finish in the top 12, Canada finished in eleventh position.

“We’re in. We figured after the session we needed to be fifth and we’re standing fifth, so that’s good,” said Shewfelt, who was right there in the middle of the party. “Last year, we made team finals, so we were shooting for that. But really, it’s all about a top-12 finish and making it to the Olympics.”

Read more: Even without Shewfelt, Canadian gymnasts make it to Beijing Olympics

Horse virus in Australia disrupts equestrian qualifiers

The equine influenza crisis in Australia which has seen many horse racing events in Australia cancelled, could now effect Olympic qualifying events.

“We are having talks with the International Equestrian Federation to find an alternative date or, if necessary, totally new arrangements for Olympic dressage team qualification,” EFA chief executive Franz Venhaus said.

Read more: Equestrian Beijing Olympics qualifying events delayed

US clinch Olympic spot

The United States men’s gymnastics team clinched one of twelve spots to go through to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The team finished fourth behind China, Japan and Germany at the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

“It still eats at me,” said Jonathan Horton, whose falls off the parallel bars and high bar last year contributed heavily to the U.S. slide down the standings. “Because so many times over the past year, we’d have people come up to us and question the ability of the U.S. team. The comments we got from people about us being weak just fueled every movement that I do.”

Read more: U.S. men’s gymnasts rally, clinch Olympic berth


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