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Yao Ming surrounded at Closing Ceremonies

Sunday, August 24th, 2008
by John

At the Closing Ceremonies on Sunday night in Beijing, Yao was surrounded by Olympic athletes wanting to get up close to him, including Australian basketball player and WNBA star Lauren Jackson. Here Yao is hugged by Jackson.

Raymond has more photos of the encounter in the forum, including tons of incredible photos from the Closing Ceremonies, like this one:

Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympics

More Olympic video

Sunday, August 24th, 2008
by John

Check these out from the Closing Ceremonies:

Here’s a rough cut of Chinese celebrating in Tiananman Square:

Here the U.S. Olympic basketball team looks almost as ecstatic as the Chinese citizens in the video above:

Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympics