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Hah. Whoever took the above photo wanted me to write something like, “Pang Wei shoots opponent to win gold” but I’m not gonna do it. You think you can manipulate me that easily?

What I’m going to write instead is this: Eat your hearts out American “we will bring our food from the States” gringos, China has two gold medals now. Serves you right for giving us George W (twice, twice!!!) and spawning Bill O Reilly.

Anyways, there’s no need for you gringos to worry at this point because it seems like the organizers scheduled events that Chinese athletes are likely to win in the first days of the competition. It’s the oldest trick in the book.

Photo source: chinadaily.com

If Czech shooter Katerina Emmons gained the distinction as the first gold medalist in Beijing, weightlifter Chen Xiexia will be remembered as the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal for the host country. Eat your heart out, United States, the Chinese have a gold medal now.

Photo credit: chinadaily.com

Because a lot of you are looking for more Dara Torres pictures, I decided to upload more of them. This is Dara posing for Maxim Magazine.And here’s Dara in action; swimming and training in the gym.

Added Note: Join us as we monitor the gold medal race between China and the United States, here.

Related: Dara Torres Makes Another Olympic Bid and introducing the Dara Torres LOLCATz.

Photo sources: maximonline and nytimes

Added Note: Who will win the gold medal race? China or the United States?

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Who says Olympic swimming is only for the young ones? Not Dara Torres. Yeah, the 41 year-old four-time Olympic gold medalist is hoping to earn an Olympic slot during the U.S. qualifying trials this coming July.

If she qualifies, Dara will be the first female swimmer over 40 to compete in the Olympic Games. Go, Dara. Do it for the oldies! [Correction: Dara isn't the first female swimmer over 40 to compete in the Olympics. Canadian Brenda Holmes, then 44 years old, was older than Dara when she competed during the 1972 Munich Games. My apologies for the mistake and thanks to our anonymous commenter for the info.]

In honor of Dara Torres, we have created a blog category we’re calling the Dara Mama Club which refers to athlete moms who qualified or are trying to qualify for Beijing 2008. Check out the other Dara Mama’s here.

Update II: More photos of Dara — from Maxim and the NY Times — here. And we have some pics of Yelena Isinbayeva, another Olympian worth looking at, here.

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