Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics

Beijing Guide
Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics

Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics
Click Here to download freegifts
Download valuable ebooks. Free. From Beijing2008Ready.info
www.Beijing2008Ready.info :-)

Beijing2008Ready.info Videos

Click a thumbnail to watch a video
Loading...

Click Here to download freegifts
Download valuable ebooks. Free. From Beijing2008Ready.info
www.Beijing2008Ready.info :-)

Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics

Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics Article

Thumbnail example

This is a selection made from among articles on Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.

Athletes to Watch at the Beijing Olympics: Yao Ming

from:

Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball player that has taken the basketball world by storm. At well over seven feet tall, Yao possesses outside shooting and passing skills that many much smaller players envy, while also giving a strong presence on the inside to any team he plays on. With this year’s Olympic Games taking place in Beijing, China, all eyes will be on Yao Ming as he attempts to lead the Chinese basketball team to the gold medal in front of his home country. Yao Ming has said time and time again that he would love to bring the gold medal to his country, and this year’s Olympics may be his best chance yet to do so.

Yao Ming was selected to the All-Olympian team in 2004 after putting up some impressive numbers in the Sydney Olympic Games. He averaged 20.7 points per game and 9.3 rebounds and made 55.9% of his shots as well. Yao would repeat his great performance with similar production in the 2006 Word Championships.

Yao Ming played the first years of his professional career with the Shanghai Sharks, in China. He was outstandingly successful there, before becoming a coveted commodity to the NBA’s teams. The Houston Rockets were able to obtain him a few years ago, and he has blossomed to become possibly the NBA’s best true center. With other centers, such as Shaquille O’Neal, aging, Yao patrols the paint almost unchecked by other big men.

In China, Yao is nothing short of a superstar, as one of China’s most popular and recognizable athletes. In China, the NBA is very popular, and since Yao has succeeded quite well in the NBA (despite injury issues), his move stateside to play for the Houston Rockets has only boosted his popularity in his home country.

Yao is also one of the more patriotic basketball players you will find. He cites carrying his country’s flag in the 2004 Olympic Games as one of the greatest times in his life, and has also said that if an injury that he suffered in the 2007-08 NBA season kept him from competing in the Beijing Olympics, it would be the biggest disappointment he’s endured.

The reason Yao said that is that he suffered a stress fracture to his foot in February that ended his season with the NBA’s Houston Rockets. He later underwent surgery and started an aggressive rehabilitation aimed at getting him ready to play at the Beijing Olympics. Yao currently maintains that he will play in the Beijing Olympics, and he will obviously do whatever it takes to make his goal to do so a reality.

The stage has been set for one of China’s biggest heroes to help lead his team to the gold medal in his very own country. If Yao is able to do so, it will bring an almost unimaginable joy to China’s avid basketball fans, who have dreamed of such a day since Yao starred for the Shanghai Sharks years ago. With the United States basketball team coming off of several disappointing years, and the Argentinian and Spanish teams showing flaws of their own, it’s possible that the Chinese team could escape with the gold.

For Yao Ming, that would be a dream come true.



550

 Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics Air Pollution In Beijing Before The OlympicsAir Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics



Air Pollution In Beijing Before The Olympics Readings from Other Sources

The year in sports: Believe the hype - Salon

From left: David Tyree's against-the-helmet catch helped the New York Giants win the Super Bowl, Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps were stars of the Beijing Olympics, and Kevin Garnett led the Boston Celtics to their first NBA title in 22 years. Dec. 30 ...

Read more...

Beijing suffers the curse of the Olympic city - Daily Telegraph

Workers at Beijing's 'Bird's Nest' Stadium wait for custumers at a photo booth that allows them to be photographed with the Olympic torch and stand on the winners podium Photo: AP Three months after the end of the games, new figures show the "Olympic ...

Read more...

2008 In Review: Top 10 News Stories Of The Year - Radio Free Europe

As part of our look back at the year that was, we asked broadcasters, editors, and correspondents representing the 20 countries and 28 languages in which RFE/RL broadcasts to vote on what they thought were the top news events of the year. What ...

Read more...

SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN: OVERLOOKED FOREIGN NEWS - Wichita Eagle

Since an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush during a Dec. 14 news conference in Baghdad, his Turkish-made footwear has become all the rage. "Thanks to Bush, orders are flying in like crazy," said Ramazan Baydan, whose ...

Read more...

Google
Menu
 Beijing2008Ready.info Home
Beijing Home
Keyword Sitemap
Articles List
BLOG
Business In China



Other Sections
Ancient Grecian Olympic Games
Beijing Summer Olympics
Olympic Winter Games
Summer Olympics In Beijing
Plant Shutdowns Due To Olympics In China
1972 Olympic Games
Beijing Olympics Pros And Cons
China Olympics Mascots Coloring Pages
Trademarks Beijing Olympics
Us Controversy At Beijing Olympics

Social bookmarking. If you like it, share it! (Opens a window) socialize it