The Olympics - 16 days in 16 ways
Submitted by kankanchina on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 20:27
- Ali Nematie
- Anastasiya Yevets
- baseball
- basketball
- Beijing
- Belarus
- Billy Jin
- Canada
- Ethan Tang
- football
- France
- Germany
- Ho
- JJ Donnet
- Kankan
- Ken Chen
- Lily Wu
- National Aquatic Center
- Olympic
- Olympics
- Outreach
- Person Political
- Person Professional
- Song Meng
- Spain
- Spectator
- Tim Tjiong
- United States
- Zheng Yu
As the Olympics come to a close, we look back over the last 16 days of Beijing highlights from our Kankan members. Share your experiences with us through photos and show them in the way that you saw them!
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Day 1: Olympic and Culture "Walking down Qianmen, I noticed people painting in Chinese traditional mask and proudly display the Olympic torch, I tell myself that is a great way to experience culture and olympic." Ethan Tang |
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Day 2: Rain "Rain or shine, olympic spectators are attending the games. Rain coat is distributed at the venue." |
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Day 3: National Aquatic Center "Want water cube ticket." Want-to-be Spectator, Canada |
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| Day 4: Football "To watch the women's qualifier football game, we lined up for 6 long hours under humid hot weather without any shade before buying these precious tickets. We have never lined up for so long in our life." King Ho, Tim Tjiong, Anson Lam |
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Day 5: Weightlifting "China JIA YOU (加油)" JJ Donnet, France |
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| Day 6: Archery "Amazing! She won the gold medal from 3 Korean!" Ye Kuan |
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Day 7: Basketball "I have to start watching basketball because there will no more baseball at the next Olympic. Spain women basketball team was no match to US's team." Issey Yamakawa |
| Day 8: Victory "The roaring crowd gave out the longest applause after the Chinese basketball team won against Germany." Lac Tran |
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Day 9: Men 1500m "Watched up close the 1,500 metre final." Anastasiya Yevets, Belarus |
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Day 10: Men 110m Hurdle "The whole nation shared his pain. It was mixed disappointment and sympathy." Billy Jin |
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| Day 11: Blue Sky "It has been extraordinary that Beijing got so many blue sky days during the Olympic. It gave me the impression that it is blue sky everyday." Lily Wu |
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Day 12: Swimming "The premium venue of all the venues, the national aquatic center is architecturally modern, futuristic, and genial. The swimming competition was great but this venue is awesome." Ali Nematie |
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Day 15: WADA Athlete Outreach "I was puzzled by this sign. Do you know what it means?" Song Meng |
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| Day 16: Closing Ceremony. "The closing ceremony was illuminating, spectacular, colourful, and accoustically perfect." Ken Chen |
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