When I receive unsolicited credit card info in the mail I typically fill up the envelope with junk and mail it back in the pre-paid envelope. If you don't do that, they don't pay for use of that envelope and it kinda serves as a means of saying, 'take that!' While this has probably no effect (unless we all united and did it?) it still makes you feel a heck of a lot better. Well, here's an ema [...]

An interesting article from Super Athletics:Chinese distance legend Wang Junxia has defended the country's controversial training methods but admitted some coaches treated children too harshly. Wang, who won two Olympic medals in 1996, said strict and rigorous training -- which continues in the run-up to next year's Beijing Olympics -- was essential for success. "Like foreign countr [...]

An interesting article from Asian News about Chinese food and doping ramifications:BEIJING : Athletes who compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics face the danger of a positive drugs test if they dine out and eat some of China's chemical-laden foods, a top Chinese doping expert has warned. Chinese food is contaminated with banned drugs like anabolic steroids to such an extent that the possibility [...]

Last night I had dinner with Mr. Frans van Dijk of the Netherlands Olympic Committee. It was a very interesting and stimulating evening. They really have a detailed plan – the goal is to be in the top ten in the Olympic Games. This is a very lofty goal for a country of approximately 60 million people, but they have achieved that goal in Atlanta and Sydney, even though they fell short in Athe [...]

“It was a great day for the Chinese, who finished seventh at the Athens Olympics. They haven't won a medal at worlds since 1999 and in 2003, they infamously gave away the bronze when an athlete was penalized for warming up for her beam routine on the podium near the beam, which wasn't allowed.” This is a portent of things to come. We all know that China will host the Olympics i [...]

Another nice article about Liu Xiang from Mary Nicole Nazzaro of the IAAF website:The combination of world-class fields, clear skies and pleasant temperatures, and a thrilling victory by the city’s most famous son, Liu Xiang, worked perfectly to make the second annual Shanghai Golden Grand Prix a great success at Shanghai Stadium on Saturday (23) evening.Liu overcomes slow start to capt [...]