Beijing 2008 - Beach Volleyball
[ Beach Volleyball Ground in Chaoyang Park / 9 August, 2008 / 46 images ]
Our first event of the Beijing 2008 Olympics!
Beach Volleyball! Wow...
The security entrance to the Beach Volleyball Ground in Chaoyang Park
We're here!
Awesome stadium
One World, One Dream
Today's matches... all prelims
The overall scoreboard
An army of volunteers... literally
Wo ai zhong guo!
Inside the Beach Volleyball Stadium
Flags fluttering under a cloudy day (thank God)
OMB, I can't believe we're here! *squeal*
Jump serve by the Swiss
Block!
Jump serve by the Dutch
Dutch boys, mmm
Jia you!
OMB, that is totes chinky
Beach Volleyball cheerleaders
This is for the benefit of my str8 friends
They come out every intermission
I have no idea how they do it... it was oppressively hot and humid
Rousing the crowd
And the crowd loved it
Next up... CHINA!
The Chinese kicked ass
Tian Jia and Wang Jie ended up winning the silver medal
The crowd
Huanhuan, the flame! My favorite Fuwa (for obvious reasons)
Nini, the swallow
Yingying, the antelope
Zhong guo!
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!
She was TALL
And kicked the Russian's ass
Cool hand signals
Outfit change
Dancing beach volleyball queens
Jump serve by the Aussies
LOVE that tattoo!
Nini is sooooo cute
Ole, ole, ole, ole... Brasil!
See the empty stands? The Chinese left after the CHN v SUI match
These were the silver-winning Brazilians
They had a beach v'ball court for kids outside, cool huh?