China will soon dominate internet traffic, I predict.
The favourite to win Parallel Bars at the Beijing Olympics, Li Xiaopeng, has started his own blog. Here’s an English translation of one post:
July 27, is my birthday and it coincides with the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Village! I feel so lucky and am so happy at this.
I was scheduled to take part in today’s opening ceremony, so I got up at 6:30 am to dress myself up. The suit I wore to the ceremony was borrowed from our coach since I , like some of my other teammates, hadn’t got the outfit yet. Although it was not my exact size I was so happy wearing it. …
read more … – Li Xiaopeng: A more meaningful birthday
The Chinese original version has more photos.
1996 Olympian Mo Huilan has a new blog as well. Read a sample post in English – To talk about my little sisters
Mo says “… if Jiang Yuyuan can keep calm and compete at her normal level on balance beam, this team will have 60 to 70 percent chance of beating the American women’s team.”
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