The welcoming ceremony that they have practiced a day before has come together on July 4th. Our job was pretty easy today. We only had to act well as audiences.

On the picture you can see World and Olympic champion, Deng Yaping giving a speech to us. Standing beside her are the two CCTV 9 hosts. I was surprised by the male announcer's voice and speech delivery skills; very little accent and perfect pitch. The female, announcer spoke in French, which was again very pleasant to hear.