If poor Yang Peiyi ends up in therapy because she’s convinced she was beaten up by an ugly stick for the first 7 years of her life, she’ll have the Olympic bigwigs in China to thank.
According to those who ran the Opening Ceremonies in Beijing, Peiyi has a face for radio. Blessed with a voice so lovely they had her sing “Ode to the Motherland,” she had a lip-synching stand-in at the mike. Nine-year-old Lin Miaoke, a seasoned pro with several commercials under her pint-sized belt, was the face presented to the 70 million viewers who tuned into the event.
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Boy is Olympian Zhang Liang’s face red. And it’s not because he spent too much time in the sun without SPF 30 or higher sunscreen.
The Chinese rower made an oops of medal-losing proportions: He showed up at the third race (instead of his scheduled one, the second race) in singles. Missing the singles heat also nixed his chances at doubles.
Any guesses as to how many F-bombs his would-be partner dropped?
The good news is that the faux pas still puts China in gold medal contention for Biggest Understatement of the Beijing Olympics thanks to Wei Di, China’s director of water sports programs, who concluded: …read more