2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Athletes

	Chinese strongwoman Chen Xiexia: save the tears, show the smile Chen Xiexia's coach lost six kilograms of weight after the hot favorite for the Olympic women's 48kg weightlifting title was accidentally injured less than a month before the start of the Beijing Games.

	I won a home game: Chinese Taipei weightlifter Chen Weiling of the Chinese Taipei delegation finished third in women's 48kg class weightlifting on the first day of the Olympic competition.

	Fairy tale continues for Czech shooter Emmons If fairy tales could turn into reality, Czech shooter Katerina Emmons must be the heroine.

	Yao Ming to be China's flag bearer at Olympic opening ceremony Chinese basketball player and NBA star Yao Ming has been picked to hold the national flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on Friday night.

	Luan Jujie: Fifty-year-old fencing queen still sharp Luan Jujie can cause quite a stir, even at age 50. China's first Olympic fencing gold-medal winner has returned home to take part in her third Olympics. But this time she will be competing for Canada.

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