Whimsical Rowing Reportage

noreply@blogspirit.com (Sandy) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:15:00 -0400

This news from Xinhua on the Chinese gold-medal winning women's quad kept me captivated. I thought I would share. It feels like it should be presented in a big, heavy-paged fairy tale book. With gilt-edges and illuminated pages. Partly it's the poetic way the two languages meet, and partly it's the fatefulness of each person's place in life that comes across, as opposed to the individual drive of will and zeal that you get from American athletes (or reporters).

For example:

After being engaged in rowing, Jin almost had no time to spend with her family members.
"After I entered the national team in 2003, I have had only ten days each year to spend with my family," recalled she.

and

"We finally chose Zhang rather than Feng Guixin due to Zhang's daring spirit," said Zhou Qinian, head coach of sculling group of Chinese rowing team.

Happy olympic times, all!

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Whimsical Rowing Reportage