Now i will go to finish my homework,good night,Rudy.:)

Hopefully!!! :)

 

But, in badminton, your country will never give a chance. :(

 

Look at Lin Dan, Chen Yu, Zhang Ning, Xie Xingfang etc :bigcry:

Ok delsino!

 

Good bye

 

See you later :)

Dress rehearsal for Olympic opening ceremony ,yesterday

 

PHOTO BY SINA.CN

o，tomorrow i 'd go to school.en......but we have a break at 8th August.

 

Glad to see Messi can comes Beijing.and Kun Aguero,i think he can be the best Scorer

finally i post here.....!GO ITALY!:D

:)

has malaysia chances to win a medal?

Beijing smog will 'cut athletes' performances by 20%'

 

By Mark Prigg

Last updated at 10:15 AM on 01st August 2008

 

 

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Pollution levels in Beijing could affect Olympic athletes' performances by up to 20 per cent, experts have warned. They say levels of harmful pollutants in the air could also leave competitors vulnerable to respiratory illnesses.

Worst hit are set to be cyclists and endurance runners such as British marathon runner Paula Radcliffe, who suffers from asthma - likely to be made worse by the conditions.

 

Enlarge In the dark: Thick smog cloaks Beijing's National Stadium, known as the 'Bird's Nest'

 

Radcliffe, who is recovering from a stress fracture to her left femur, is flying out to join British team-mates at a training camp in Macau on Sunday.

But Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia's four-time world champion and double Olympic champion over 10,000m, won't run.

'In Beijing, no marathon,' he said. 'I don't compete in the marathon in these conditions. Imagine in summer, with temperatures around 32-33C plus the humidity. It is better not to take the risk.'

Chinese authorities are exceptionally sensitive about Beijing smog stories after the city's pollution index hit 118 on Saturday and 113 on Sunday.

Britain's Paula Radcliffe, who suffers from asthma, could be particularly affected by Beijing's pollution

 

A reading below 50 is considered good and is the organisers' target.

Recent figures show pollution in Beijing is up to five times worse than that in central London's pollution hot spot, Marylebone Road. Particulate levels, usually from diesel engines, averaged 50micrograms per cubic metre in Marylebone Road last month. In Beijing they regularly exceed 250.

Games organisers have imposed limits on traffic levels, taking half of Beijing's 3.3million cars off the road, and have closed hundreds of factories in a bid to cut smog.

Dr Anna Hansell, a pollution expert at Imperial College, London, said: 'There is really a triple threat from pollution in Beijing. There is a huge amount of construction work, a lot of cars and a lot of factories and that all adds up.

'What we will see is those who suffer from asthma needing their medication more often and a rise is the number of coughs, phlegm, colds and other respiratory problems.'

Imperial is sending researchers to the Games to study how athletes perform in polluted conditions. 'We hope that by the London Games, we will know a lot more,' Dr Hansell said.

Dr David Marlin, an adviser to the British equestrian team, has spent two years monitoring air quality and its effects on athletes and animals in Beijing and Hong Kong, which will host Olympic equestrian events.

'I think we will see a performance hit of around 15 to 20 per cent on athletes and animals alike,' he said. 'We will see most problems with endurance events. For instance, we might see fast 100m sprints as the effects are less but I'd be amazed if we saw a new marathon world record.'

However, British marathon hopeful Mara Yamauchi said: 'We all know pollution in Beijing is an issue ... It's just something we all have to accept.'

 

 

How China plans to curb pollution

 

 

Beijing has imposed tough rules to curb pollution and is believed to have spent around £10billion to try and beat the problem.

Hundreds of factories in northern China, particularly concrete and chemical processing firms, are already on an enforced two-month holiday in an attempt to improve air quality.

Most lorries are now banned in the city while cars with odd-numbered licence plates can drive only on odd-numbered dates, and those with even plates only on even dates.

Further restrictions are planned if air quality continues to fail Beijing's 'safe standards' after next Friday's opening ceremony.

A list has been drawn up of 222 chemical, construction, and coal-fired factories in Beijing, the neighbouring city of Tianjin and the surrounding province of Hebei, which will be temporarily shut down.

Under new rules, no car would be able to drive on a date that shared the same last number as its licence plate.

Rules on odd and even plates will be extended to Tianjin and four towns in neighboring Hebei province, the state news agency Xinhua reports.

The measures are 'to implement Olympics environmental pledges effectively', said the statement, which didn't define 'extreme' pollution.

 

 

China lifts internet gag on Beijing media pack

 

China today bowed to international pressure and agreed to stop restricting foreign journalists' access to the internet during the Beijing Olympics.

The move followed global anger when it was revealed sites including the BBC and religious movement Falun Gong would be blocked despite the communist government's promises that there would be no censorship during the Games.

This morning's decision is China's first major U-turn on the issue of the Olympics and hugely embarrassing for the the country's leadership.

Human right groups and other campaigners accused China of breaking its promises on giving journalists unfettered access to the internet.

BOCOG, the organisers of the Beijing Games, caved in after a crisis meeting with the International Olympic Committee and agreed once more to lift all restrictions.

Gunilla Lindberg, IOC vice-president, said: 'Internet use will be just like in any Olympics.'

Beijing organisers said this week they had blocked internet access that 'propagated information' banned under Chinese law, even after pledging to give reporters complete access as part of their bid to secure the Games in 2001.

Although internet access will be free for reporters for the period of the Games, it is still tightly controlled for the rest of the country.

Sites related to Falun Gong, branded an 'evil cult' by the government, and those of a host of other issues, are regularly blocked.

Websites that had been unavailable in Beijing's main media centre - including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the BBC's Chinese service - were accessible today.

IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau, added: 'We asked them to address the issues we were worried about.'

BOCOG spokesman Sun Weide declined to confirm that restrictions had been eased, saying only that internet access was 'fully open' and adding: 'Beijing organisers will honour the promise to the IOC to provide sufficient access.

'At the moment the channel for reporters to use the internet is fully open.'

Sophie Peer, China campaign coordinator for Amnesty International, said that this was a rare case of the government changing policy over media issues.

'We certainly haven't seen much giving in our work with this government. This is one small positive step - but it's still not near enough,' she said.

Chinese President Hu Jintao today said his country would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the Olympics.

He told a group of journalists invited to a briefing that the Games would have an enduring benefit for his country and leave a positive 'spiritual legacy'.

'The Chinese government and the Chinese people have been working in real earnest to honour the commitments made to the international community,' he said.

Internet censorship is the latest of a series of issues - from human rights to China's policies in Darfur and Tibet - that have prompted international criticism.

Despite the row, Hu made a plea for campaigners not to politicise the Games that many had hoped would lead the country of 1.3 billion people on a path toward greater political reform.

'I don't think that politicising the Olympic Games will do anything good to addressing any of the issues,' Hu said.

'It is only inevitable for people from different countries and regions may not see eye to eye with one another on some different issues,' he said.

But critics said China itself was to blame for any politicisation of the Games.

'The IOC and the Chinese government I think are the ones to be held accountable here ,' said Lhadon Tethong, executive director of Students for Free Tibet.

She claimed the internet row had shattered confidence in the IOC. 'The IOC is not true to its word, has never been true to its word,' she said.

The pollution: i have an advise--------Oh,the Earth is DANGEROUS,So GO BACK TO YOUR MARS! :laugh3: just a joke.

 

As 4 Internet censorship: i'm so "sad" about that,in fact,if you wanna visit the website of FLG

or so called "Free Tibet",you can find the ways.i think if our goverment give it up,we can also

distinguish right from wrong,and so called FLG and "Free tibet" can not make any sense.

AND YOU MUST KNOW WHY WE HAVE INTERNET CENSORSHIP:In CHINA,has so many people surf in the internet,from kids to olds.so YOU MUST FILTER SOME Pornographic and other bad things !

That's indeed

And you must know,even U.N Fliter some websites,like http://www.anti-cnn.com ,which supervises the foreign media !

 

And 4 those people think those so called " civil right fighter" are" heros":YOU WANNA LISTEN TO OUR COMMON PEOPLE'S VOICE OR THOSE "parrot" WHO RECEIVING DOLLARS FROM ******?

Of couse we need criticism,but not bias!

 

AND i have a question,they,reporters,come to China to report the Olympics,but they visit the website Of FLG and So Called "free tibet" 4 what??????

 

and i don't know Spain whether allow her people join ETA,and visit the website (if they have)of ETA????:confused: and even free BASQUE?

 

 

So what i mean,OLYMPIC IS OLYMPIC,ENJOYING GAMES,NOT POLITICS

finally i post here.....!GO ITALY!:D

 

 

 

oh ,i like Pirlo!!!:)

has malaysia chances to win a medal?

 

:cry: That is a mean statement :cry:

 

We always have chances to grab at least one, but at the same time always missed it. That's what happened in Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000. We won nothing. :(

go usa!! :D

:cry: That is a mean statement :cry:

 

We always have chances to grab at least one, but at the same time always missed it. That's what happened in Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000. We won nothing. :(

 

on which sport?badminton?

on which sport?badminton?

 

Yeah. And also archery.

 

I know Italy is a great power in Olympics. And I just read about Vanessa Ferrari. She will win a lot of gold medals. :)

The pollution: i have an advise--------Oh,the Earth is DANGEROUS,So GO BACK TO YOUR MARS! :laugh3: just a joke.

 

As 4 Internet censorship: i'm so "sad" about that,in fact,if you wanna visit the website of FLG

or so called "Free Tibet",you can find the ways.i think if our goverment give it up,we can also

distinguish right from wrong,and so called FLG and "Free tibet" can not make any sense.

AND YOU MUST KNOW WHY WE HAVE INTERNET CENSORSHIP:In CHINA,has so many people surf in the internet,from kids to olds.so YOU MUST FILTER SOME Pornographic and other bad things !

That's indeed

And you must know,even U.N Fliter some websites,like http://www.anti-cnn.com ,which supervises the foreign media !

 

And 4 those people think those so called " civil right fighter" are" heros":YOU WANNA LISTEN TO OUR COMMON PEOPLE'S VOICE OR THOSE "parrot" WHO RECEIVING DOLLARS FROM ******?

Of couse we need criticism,but not bias!

 

AND i have a question,they,reporters,come to China to report the Olympics,but they visit the website Of FLG and So Called "free tibet" 4 what??????

 

and i don't know Spain whether allow her people join ETA,and visit the website (if they have)of ETA????:confused: and even free BASQUE?

 

 

So what i mean,OLYMPIC IS OLYMPIC,ENJOYING GAMES,NOT POLITICS

 

Friend,Do you think censorship is just for porn things? It's enough a good parent who puts parent filter..so baby won't see bad things....When i chat with my Shanghai friend i'm always afraid to talk about "wrong" topics....like politics or other...cause of government's checkings on msn ang other sites..which have been obliged to made "illegal" deals...in order to make affair there...Why they censured Bbc site, Amnesty international...and also other websites?And why censorship has been taken off...just on the Olympic Village area?

Olympics have been a sporty and a general worldwide event..so it's interested also in economics and of course politics side, it always happened,since the beginning...Journalists criticised Atlanta Games in 1996 too cause they could have been bought (as media reported) by Coca-Cola, even if they were in USA

For your information...in Cycling races,Basque,Normandy, Padanian, and Flaming flags(STATES WHO CLAIM INDEPENDENCE)...always stand by supporters....and no one got scandalized...or put on jail who waved!

it's not to criticise you mate, really...you seem a nice person (who loves italian football too..btw pirlo won't play;))....but i felt to say that!

Yeah. And also archery.

 

I know Italy is a great power in Olympics. And I just read about Vanessa Ferrari. She will win a lot of gold medals. :)

 

Because she's a racing car??:rolleyes:

Because she's a racing car??:rolleyes:

 

:dozey:

Friend,Do you think censorship is just for porn things? It's enough a good parent who puts parent filter..so baby won't see bad things....When i chat with my Shanghai friend i'm always afraid to talk about "wrong" topics....like politics or other...cause of government's checkings on msn ang other sites..which have been obliged to made "illegal" deals...in order to make affair there...Why they censured Bbc site, Amnesty international...and also other websites?And why censorship has been taken off...just on the Olympic Village area?

Olympics have been a sporty and a general worldwide event..so it's interested also in economics and of course politics side, it always happened,since the beginning...Journalists criticised Atlanta Games in 1996 too cause they could have been bought (as media reported) by Coca-Cola, even if they were in USA

For your information...in Cycling races,Basque,Normandy, Padanian, and Flaming flags(STATES WHO CLAIM INDEPENDENCE)...always stand by supporters....and no one got scandalized...or put on jail who waved!

it's not to criticise you mate, really...you seem a nice person (who loves italian football too..btw pirlo won't play;))....but i felt to say that!

 

 

 

en.i think a country has a long long way to go.when USA 60 years old,they has more problem than PRC today. but we faced more scandalized.I think most of people are friendly,but some organizes are so unfair.we are still young,so we need time to be better.in fact,China indeed has it's own difficult to developing,and more problems to deal with.every nationality has deep rooted bad habits,so i don't think anyway else than CCP can lead China Developing.

i'm a student and think politics are so boring ,just like Greek to me........so i can't give more good words.

 

And you must know this words more deeply than me "Rome was not built in one day!":)

 

 

And,i just like Pirlo,i know he won't play 4 Italia this summer...

BTW,i like Antonio Vivaldi and Pétrarque......:)

 

so enjoy the GAMES:)

 

see u in Olympics

en.i think a country has a long long way to go.when USA 60 years old,they has more problem than PRC today. but we faced more scandalized.I think most of people are friendly,but some organizes are so unfair.we are still young,so we need time to be better.in fact,China indeed has it's own difficult to developing,and more problems to deal with.every nationality has deep rooted bad habits,so i don't think anyway else than CCP can lead China Developing.

i'm a student and think politics are so boring ,just like Greek to me........so i can't give more good words.

 

And you must know this words more deeply than me "Rome was not built in one day!":)

 

 

And,i just like Pirlo,i know he won't play 4 Italia this summer...

BTW,i like Antonio Vivaldi and Pétrarque......:)

 

so enjoy the GAMES:)

 

see u in Olympics

 

i agree on few you said...Every nation has its problems...and everyone hopes these Olympics could be a chance to change something in your country....but you cannot compare China situation to US...60 years ago...i don't get this...

 

Anyway friend..i don't wanna argue with you...:)..if you're not interested in politics....it's ok...never mind

Rome wasn't built in a day.....i can tell you...is not an italian thing:Dthey say that in England;)!!!!!

 

Do you like Petrarca and Vivaldi?That's incredible!:stunned:You know more than many italians:P

 

Which sport will you follow more in these Olympics?I'll lose some days cause i'll be in Paris...since 13th...My fav sports at olympics is always swimming...(even if i love football)....

And you must know this words more deeply than me "Rome was not built in one day!":)

 

 

 

And neither was Spamela Anderson!!:P

Beijing smog will 'cut athletes' performances by 20%'

 

By Mark Prigg

Last updated at 10:15 AM on 01st August 2008

 

 

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Pollution levels in Beijing could affect Olympic athletes' performances by up to 20 per cent, experts have warned. They say levels of harmful pollutants in the air could also leave competitors vulnerable to respiratory illnesses.

Worst hit are set to be cyclists and endurance runners such as British marathon runner Paula Radcliffe, who suffers from asthma - likely to be made worse by the conditions.

 

Enlarge In the dark: Thick smog cloaks Beijing's National Stadium, known as the 'Bird's Nest'

 

Radcliffe, who is recovering from a stress fracture to her left femur, is flying out to join British team-mates at a training camp in Macau on Sunday.

But Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia's four-time world champion and double Olympic champion over 10,000m, won't run.

'In Beijing, no marathon,' he said. 'I don't compete in the marathon in these conditions. Imagine in summer, with temperatures around 32-33C plus the humidity. It is better not to take the risk.'

Chinese authorities are exceptionally sensitive about Beijing smog stories after the city's pollution index hit 118 on Saturday and 113 on Sunday.

Britain's Paula Radcliffe, who suffers from asthma, could be particularly affected by Beijing's pollution

 

A reading below 50 is considered good and is the organisers' target.

Recent figures show pollution in Beijing is up to five times worse than that in central London's pollution hot spot, Marylebone Road. Particulate levels, usually from diesel engines, averaged 50micrograms per cubic metre in Marylebone Road last month. In Beijing they regularly exceed 250.

Games organisers have imposed limits on traffic levels, taking half of Beijing's 3.3million cars off the road, and have closed hundreds of factories in a bid to cut smog.

Dr Anna Hansell, a pollution expert at Imperial College, London, said: 'There is really a triple threat from pollution in Beijing. There is a huge amount of construction work, a lot of cars and a lot of factories and that all adds up.

'What we will see is those who suffer from asthma needing their medication more often and a rise is the number of coughs, phlegm, colds and other respiratory problems.'

Imperial is sending researchers to the Games to study how athletes perform in polluted conditions. 'We hope that by the London Games, we will know a lot more,' Dr Hansell said.

Dr David Marlin, an adviser to the British equestrian team, has spent two years monitoring air quality and its effects on athletes and animals in Beijing and Hong Kong, which will host Olympic equestrian events.

'I think we will see a performance hit of around 15 to 20 per cent on athletes and animals alike,' he said. 'We will see most problems with endurance events. For instance, we might see fast 100m sprints as the effects are less but I'd be amazed if we saw a new marathon world record.'

However, British marathon hopeful Mara Yamauchi said: 'We all know pollution in Beijing is an issue ... It's just something we all have to accept.'

 

 

How China plans to curb pollution

 

 

Beijing has imposed tough rules to curb pollution and is believed to have spent around £10billion to try and beat the problem.

Hundreds of factories in northern China, particularly concrete and chemical processing firms, are already on an enforced two-month holiday in an attempt to improve air quality.

Most lorries are now banned in the city while cars with odd-numbered licence plates can drive only on odd-numbered dates, and those with even plates only on even dates.

Further restrictions are planned if air quality continues to fail Beijing's 'safe standards' after next Friday's opening ceremony.

A list has been drawn up of 222 chemical, construction, and coal-fired factories in Beijing, the neighbouring city of Tianjin and the surrounding province of Hebei, which will be temporarily shut down.

Under new rules, no car would be able to drive on a date that shared the same last number as its licence plate.

Rules on odd and even plates will be extended to Tianjin and four towns in neighboring Hebei province, the state news agency Xinhua reports.

The measures are 'to implement Olympics environmental pledges effectively', said the statement, which didn't define 'extreme' pollution.

 

 

China lifts internet gag on Beijing media pack

 

China today bowed to international pressure and agreed to stop restricting foreign journalists' access to the internet during the Beijing Olympics.

The move followed global anger when it was revealed sites including the BBC and religious movement Falun Gong would be blocked despite the communist government's promises that there would be no censorship during the Games.

This morning's decision is China's first major U-turn on the issue of the Olympics and hugely embarrassing for the the country's leadership.

Human right groups and other campaigners accused China of breaking its promises on giving journalists unfettered access to the internet.

BOCOG, the organisers of the Beijing Games, caved in after a crisis meeting with the International Olympic Committee and agreed once more to lift all restrictions.

Gunilla Lindberg, IOC vice-president, said: 'Internet use will be just like in any Olympics.'

Beijing organisers said this week they had blocked internet access that 'propagated information' banned under Chinese law, even after pledging to give reporters complete access as part of their bid to secure the Games in 2001.

Although internet access will be free for reporters for the period of the Games, it is still tightly controlled for the rest of the country.

Sites related to Falun Gong, branded an 'evil cult' by the government, and those of a host of other issues, are regularly blocked.

Websites that had been unavailable in Beijing's main media centre - including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the BBC's Chinese service - were accessible today.

IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau, added: 'We asked them to address the issues we were worried about.'

BOCOG spokesman Sun Weide declined to confirm that restrictions had been eased, saying only that internet access was 'fully open' and adding: 'Beijing organisers will honour the promise to the IOC to provide sufficient access.

'At the moment the channel for reporters to use the internet is fully open.'

Sophie Peer, China campaign coordinator for Amnesty International, said that this was a rare case of the government changing policy over media issues.

'We certainly haven't seen much giving in our work with this government. This is one small positive step - but it's still not near enough,' she said.

Chinese President Hu Jintao today said his country would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the Olympics.

He told a group of journalists invited to a briefing that the Games would have an enduring benefit for his country and leave a positive 'spiritual legacy'.

'The Chinese government and the Chinese people have been working in real earnest to honour the commitments made to the international community,' he said.

Internet censorship is the latest of a series of issues - from human rights to China's policies in Darfur and Tibet - that have prompted international criticism.

Despite the row, Hu made a plea for campaigners not to politicise the Games that many had hoped would lead the country of 1.3 billion people on a path toward greater political reform.

'I don't think that politicising the Olympic Games will do anything good to addressing any of the issues,' Hu said.

'It is only inevitable for people from different countries and regions may not see eye to eye with one another on some different issues,' he said.

But critics said China itself was to blame for any politicisation of the Games.

'The IOC and the Chinese government I think are the ones to be held accountable here ,' said Lhadon Tethong, executive director of Students for Free Tibet.

She claimed the internet row had shattered confidence in the IOC. 'The IOC is not true to its word, has never been true to its word,' she said.

 

How can u even rely on an article by the Daily Mail? This is so superstituous as Britain has to find an excuse if Paula isn`t at her best.

 

Well, i`m so excited about the Olympics. Can`t wait for the open ceremony on Friday!!!!

 

Btw, I support so many nations... go Malaysia! :laugh3:

 

anyone looking forward to see Michael Phelps?

I'm soooo not excited about these games. All hese negative news before the games, esp. about this country which shouldn't be allowed to be the host of this event (imo) have made it deeply uninteresting

So today the Olympic games have started! :dance:

 

I watched the women football match between Germany and Brazil at lunchtime. It ended 0:0 but... what a game! Brazil's forwarder Marta was sooo good! After Prinz she's definitely the best female football player on this planet. :nice:

I didn't watch this game:(

But i wanna see the other games

 

Go Brazil!!!!!! :dance: :heart: