Wu at Beijing Olympics 2008 took some video at the swimming qualifiers in the water cube:

They’ve all got some still pictures of the event.

Via Beijing Olympics 2008

It may be freezing now in China but these models in Beijing 2008 Olympic swimsuits and bikinis do raise the temperature here by a lot. This line of swimwear apparel can turn heads around (same as these costumes) but certainly not cut out for competitive swimming.

Beijing 2008 Bikini Babes Photo Gallery

The 830 million yuan ($110.7 million) National Aquatics Center aka Water Cube in Beijing is financed by overseas Chinese. The millions that overseas Chinese poured into the Beijing Games certainly helped China to stage the best Olympics in the history of the Games.

There are roughly 60 million overseas Chinese around the world, who Liu Jingmin, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), said could do more for the Games that is scheduled to open on Aug. 8, 2008.

The Water Cube looks Cute.

Via Beijing 2008 Official Site

Two Olympic facilities, Beijing Shooting Range Hall and the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, have completed. The 8600-capacity shooting range hall will witness the first Olympics gold medal being presented. The other sports venue, the Shunyi water park, will host a number of water competitions such as rowing, marathon swimming, canoeing and kayaking.

Via Xinhua News

A 17-year-old India teenager, Sufyan Sheikh, has set his eyes on the Olympics 10km marathon (men) swimming event.

“My aim is to qualify for the 10-kilometre marathon event for men at the Olympics in Beijing next year,” said the teenager, Sufyan Sheikh, who has a penchant for long-distance swimming.

Marathon is always mind over body.

Via The Hindu News