Archive for the 'Olympic life' Category

My passion for dart ball moved Mr. Samaranch

I talk about a letter from former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch
My name is Li Yulin. I am 79 years old. My passion for dart ball started 62 years ago, when I joined the army as a new recruit. This sport was originally invented for soldiers training in grenade projectile. But as an exercise that […]

Young Ambassador of the Olympic Games

 

I pose for a picture with Pakistanian athletes
My name is Qi Xiaotong. I am currently in fourth grade at Chuangshengyuan Primary School in Changping District. I am only nine-years-old. Every weekend, I go to famous tourist attractions in Beijing, such as the Badaling section of the Great Wall and the Thirteen Tombs of the Ming […]

Fuwa paper-cutting for the Beijing Olympic Games

Nie Shuai works on Fuwa paper-cuttingIMy name is Nie Ying. Nie Shuai is my younger brother. He was born in Zou, Shandong Province. As a child, he suffered from congenital muscular dystrophy, which paralyzed him by the age of 10, which is also when he dropped out of school and stayed at home. By the […]

I suffer from Olympic fever

Lv Qingshui: honorary visitor of the official website of the Beijing Olympic Games
I have to thank my mother when speaking about my thoughts about the Olympics. I was born in Jiangsu Province, in a mountain village near the city of Xuzhou. At that time, we in the village only used the lunar calendar to assign […]

A dragon made of dough allowed my Olympic dream to soar

A picture of my model dragon and I
My name is Yao Zhipeng. I am twenty-four years old and I graduated from the Central Institute of Fine Arts this year. From the time Beijing won its bid to host the Olympic Games seven years ago, when China fulfilled its “hundred years of dreaming,” I had a […]

Wang Qi: Flying with the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Heading to the office
I am a literary director for television. Maybe it’s because I studied the Erhu (two-stringed Chinese fiddle) since childhood, and on top of that, there’s the influence from my work, but my favorite hobby is doodling on music staff paper. Whether I am happy, or feeling sad, I like to string these […]

An ordinary youth receives good wishes from world leaders for the Beijing Olympic Games

My collection of well-wishes from well-known individuals
My name is Chen Jianfeng. I am 34. Eight years ago, I was just a clerk at Huangpu People’s Hospital in Zhongshan ,Guangdong. But now, after eight years of effort, I have successfully collected more than 100 signed notes and photos from world leaders, including Kofi Annan, Juan Antonio […]

Zhao Xiaokai: From a lecture to an Olympic collector

These drumsticks used by the Greek priestess during the Torch Lighting Ceremony are the latest additions to my collection.
My name is Zhao Xiaokai. I’m 46. I used to work in the organization department of Kaihua County, Zhejiang, in southeastern China. In 1993 I left my job and relocated to Beihai (in Guangxi province) to start […]

My Olympic Story

Celebrations abound as everybody anticipates the arrival of the Olympic Games, which are just 100 days away.
From now through August 6, we will feature a different story every day that tells us about unique Olympic experiences. If you’d like to read an Olympic story, click on the Fuwa to the right to view selected stories.
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Green Olympics needs public participation

From the Olympic Games getting closer and closer, showing good specific behaviors, and help the public as soon as possible to remove bad health habits, Beijing should welcome the Olympic Games of the moment. Is not important courtesy of the Olympic Games to eat Western food, said English, but smiling, courteous, WASH, observe rules, heavy […]