The country name sign bearer of the United States at the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony, Zhou Danni (鍛ㄦ棪濡�), has garnered quite a number of fans and fame lately because she looks like sexy actress, Shu Qi, who started out her career in softcore movies such as Sex & Zen II.

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These babelicious cheerleaders from Korea at the Beijing Olympics are aspiring to become…Mickey Mouse.

You thought the world number 1 table tennis player and Beijing Olympics ping pong gold medalist, Zhang Yining (寮犳�″畞), is cool as a cucumber and more manly than men. Think again.

Can’t believe Patrick hasn’t posted about the Olympic bikini cheerleaders!

As the beach volleyballers sweat it out during a training session at Beijing鈥檚 Chaoyang Park Beach, the speakers suddenly start blaring out “Mambo No. 5″ and 12 dancers saunter on to the sand, smiles fixed, shoulders shaking to the beat.
China’s cheerleading squads for the Beijing Games have been training up to eight hours a day 鈥� and they promise to dazzle crowds with flips, nunchucks, red flags and folding fans.

The only thing the beachside squad has in common with Meares’ bunch are the string bikinis.

“We’re training more than most of these guys,” said squad trainer Vanessa Diaz as the Russian men’s team loped by, waving.

“It’s exhausting, particularly in this heat and humidity.”

The Spanish troupe that performed for the beach volleyball event in Athens got the job to entertain the crowds in Beijing as well but with the proviso the cheerleading team should be half Chinese and that their routines include traditional dances from the host nation.

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All are from the United States and all got the top 3 places in Women’s Individual Sabre (Fencing). Mariel Zagunis defends her Athens 2004 Olympic title, clinching a gold again this time round. Fellow mates Sada Jacobson took silver and Rebecca Ward with bronze.

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Besides playing video games, Miss Amanda Beard is also an animal lover. She made a protest by holding her naked poster for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) outside the main road of the Beijing Olympic Village to voice her no-animal-skin outcry today.

The Chinese authorities did their best to limit the impact of her protest, shutting down a press conference which PETA had planned on the terrace of a hotel overlooking the ‘Water Cube’ Olympic swimming venue.

After police turned organisers away from the hotel citing ’safety concerns’, Ms Beard was forced to present her message from the side of the main road outside the Athlete’s Village.

Ms Beard, 26, said she had no intention of upsetting the Chinese authorities, but wanted to convey her anti-fur message in China which is the world’s leading fur exporter.

The message got across, sort of.

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Guo Jingjing

The Chinese Golden Diving Dream Team had their first practice at the National Aquatics Center, Water Cube, before the Beijing Olympics today. The Chinese diving team is hot fave this time round as it took home six golds during the 2004 Athens Olympics, beating other teams from mainland China.

The Chinese divers, who just arrived in Beijing this morning, could not wait to train in the Water Cube as they walked into the venue at 3:30. Olympic and world champion, the “diving queen” Guo Jingjing was the most eye-catching figure.

At the age of 27, the eldest diver in the squad, Guo is still an overwhelming favorite on the springboard. She looked quite in form and trained one hour on the 3m springboard.

On homesoil, they will dive (fight) more fiercely in Beijing 2008.

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US swimming babe, Amanda Beard, loves the Wii and talks about other recent Beijing Olympics video games in this interview.

Have you tried the Wii at all?

I love playing the Wii. We do it at parties and stuff. I make people bring it over so we can play bowling and tennis and stuff. I haven鈥檛 tried the Mario and Sonic Olympic Games yet, but it sounds right up my alley鈥揳 little bit of old school with a little bit of new school. Perfect.

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Beach volleyball babes rehearsing for Beijing Olympics @ Chaoyang Park

Sun, sea, beach, volleyball and babes. A very powerful combination at the Beijing Olympics.

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One of my fav tennis stars and babes, Maria Sharapova, is not going to the Beijing Olympics as she needs some more time to recover from torn tendons in her right shoulder. Aww…

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