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.

First the faked fireworks and now the Milli Vanilli kiddo. We don’t know what to believe anymore. For all we know, the Chinese rower who missed his race thought they could drop him into the heat digitally. . .

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Way to Give a Girl a Complex, China

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: “This shows we still have some problems in team organization.”

Um . . .  yeah. Something like that.

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The One About the Olympic Rower From China Who Showed Up at the Wrong Race