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Monday, August 18, 2008

LIU XIANG'S SAD DEPARTURE

IF EVER CHINA HAD AN AFFABLE AND LIKABLE EVERYMAN ATHLETE, THEN LIU XIANG IS THE MAN. IT IS MOST UNFORTUNATE THAT LIU HAS HAD TO PULL OUT OF THE 110M HURDLES DUE TO INJURY.

ONE CAN ONLY SYMPATHIZE WITH LIU ON THE TREMENDOUS PRESSURE HE HAS BEEN UNDER WITH CHINA BEING THE HOST OF THE OLYMPICS GAMES 2008 AND THE GREAT BLOW IT HAS BEEN TO HIM AND THE CHINESE SPORTS FANS WHEN HE HAD TO PULL OUT OF THE RACE.

MAY HE RECOVER AND SHINE LIKE THE STAR HE IS MEANT TO BE FOR CHINA IN THE NEAR FUTURE AGAIN! SPEEDY RECOVERY LIU!!!

PICTURES FROM NEW YORK TIMES.

LIN DAN -- A TRUE ROCK STAR OF THE BADMINTON COURT

LIN DAN RULES THE BADMINTON COURT

AS FAR AS EFFORTLESS TALENT, COCKY CONFIDENCE AND COOL-AS-A-CUCUMBER GAMEPLAY GO, CHINA'S BADMINTON SUPERSTAR LIN DAN TRULY HAS THE DEMEANOR OF A ROCK STAR!

PICTURE FROM IHT ONLINE.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

BEIJING HAZE -- PERHAPS CHINA SHOULD REALIZE INDONESIA MIGHT BE EXACERBATING THE PROBLEM...

ONE THING I HAVE TO ADMIT IS THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT IN AN IMPRESSIVE AND ADMIRABLE EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE POLLUTION THAT HAS AFFECTED BEIJING FOR SO LONG SO THAT THE AIR WILL BE BETTER DURING THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS GAMES.

CHINA DESERVES PRAISE FOR ITS GREAT AND MIGHTY EFFORTS.

BUT PERHAPS, JUST PERHAPS, IT SHOULD HAVE GIVEN SOUTH EAST ASIA A KEENER GLANCE AS ONE OF THE FACTORS AND CULPRITS AGGRAVATING CHINA'S HAZE PROBLEM. THE CALLOUS BURNING OF FORESTS IN INDONESIA, ESPECIALLY, MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE BEIJING HAZE TO LINGER LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE. IN FACT IT IS STILL LINGERING IN BEIJING AND CHINA SHOULD PUT ITS FOOT DOWN HARD AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT ENVIRONMENTALLY DEGRADING ACTS BY OTHER INSIGNIFICANT COUNTRIES THAT AFFECT BEIJING'S AIR QUALITY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

CHINA'S FAKERY EXPERTISE

GOSH, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY CHINA IS THE CAPITAL OF FAKE PRODUCTS IN THE WORLD -- BUT TO SO BLATANTLY SHOWCASE ITS EXPERTISE IN FAKERY BY HAVING ONE GIRL PRETEND TO SING A SPECIALLY COMPOSED OLYMPICS WELCOMING SONG WHILE THE REAL BUT LESS ATTRACTIVE CHILD SANG IT REALLY TAKES THE CAKE.

PIRACY HAS TAKEN A BIZARRE TWIST HERE AND THIS EXAGGERATED ACT OF SAVING FACE RUBBISH BY WANTING TO HAVE A PRETTY CHILD AS A FRONT IS JUST NOT RIGHT.

JAMAICAN THUNDER-BOLT!!!!!!!

A GOD AMONGST MEN

ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IF LIL RICHARD HAD BEEN WATCHING THE 100 METERS ATHLETICS OF THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES, HE WOULD HAVE JUMPED OUT OF HIS CHAIR AND SCREAMED "GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY!" AT THE SUPERHUMAN FEAT OF USAIN BOLT OF JAMAICA WHO SPED TO THE FINISH LINE IN FANTASTIC TIME!

I KNOW WE ALL DID - JUMP OUT OF OUR SEATS IN AMAZEMENT AT THIS SUPERMAN'S SPEED! USAIN IS SPLENDID AND DESERVES THE TAG FASTEST MAN ON EARTH! BRAVO!

FOR FACT FANS, HERE'RE THE DETAILS: USAIN FINISHED THE 100M DASH IN 9.69 SECONDS (STRIDE RATE, ACCORDING TO THE UK'S THE INDEPENDENT: 41 OVER 100M!!!!!!!!!!) -- BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD, WHICH HE HIMSELF SET EARLIER.

THE THING THAT IS GOING THROUGH EVERYONE'S MIND NOW IS THAT IF USAIN DID NOT SLOW DOWN AS HE REACHED NEAR THE FINISH LINE, WHAT WOULD HIS TIME HAVE BEEN?

AS THEY WOULD BE SAYING IN JAMAICA NOW: THAT IS FANTASTIC MON!

ALL PHOTOS FROM NEW YORK TIMES.

LEBRON JAMES AND KOBE BRYANT SUPPORT PHELPS

BASKETBALL GREATS LEBRON JAMES AND KOBE BRYANT WERE IN THE CROWD TO SUPPORT THEIR FAVOURITE SWIMMER MICHAEL PHELPS AS PHELPS BATTLED IT OUT FOR HIS 8TH GOLD MEDAL IN SWIMMING AT THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES.

PHOTOS FROM NEW YORK TIMES.

MICHAEL PHELPS' 8TH CROWNING OLYMPIC GOLD

HERE ARE SOME MORE PHOTOS OF MICHAEL PHELPS ON HIS JOURNEY TOWARDS HIS 8TH OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN A SINGLE OLYMPIC GAMES.

PICTURES ARE FROM NEW YORK TIMES.

AMERICA'S NEW SWEETHEART

THE FACE OF A NEW POWER GENERATION

MICHAEL PHELPS BIO (FROM THE EVER-RELIABLE WIKIPEDIA)

PHELPS WAS BORN IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES ON JUNE 30TH 1985. HE IS NOW 6'4" TALL AND WEIGHS 91KG.
HE STARTED SWIMMING WHEN HE WAS SEVEN. HE, POSSIBLY, HAS THE BEST BODY AMONGST SWIMMERS. CHINA FINALLY GOT A GLIMPSE OF WHAT AN OLYMPICS SUPERSTAR LOOKS LIKE! FOR MORE DETAILS ON PHELPS, JUST CLICK ON THE HEADLINE, "AMERICA'S NEW SWEETHEART" TO GO TO THE WIKI PAGE.

THE PHOTO HERE IS FROM BBC.