What an Opening Ceremony of the XXIX Olympiad to remember! Zhang Yi-mou certainly made a huge impression with the direction of the Opening Ceremony by having "Paper scroll" as the main title along with Compass, plenty of Fireworks, Chinese Opera (with puppets too) and colourful Traditional Costumes. Footprints were left on the Paper by those athletes who attended the march pass. That's certainly a nice yet meaningful gesture.
It has topped Athen and Sydney while London will definitely have a problem beating that performances that were full of histories, past achievements/inventions and cultures.
Michael Phelps has just blown away his World Record in 400m Individual Medley (IM) by almost 1.5secs. In Athens, he did 4.08. In Beijing, he swam 4.03. This is just remarkable. Now one down, 7 to go for him......
In 400m Free, Park of South Korea and Zhang of China came in first and second respectively ahead of Larsen of USA. Park burst through the group from the 3rd hundred and kept the amazing speed to the end. Certainly, it's worthwhile to mention that 2 Asians filled the top 2 positions in the event. It's a rare ocassion especially in physical sports.
What a start to the swimming events.........! How I wish the finals are in the evening
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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