Chinese spectators are causing a buzz at the Olympics. More than 70,000 turned up at the Bird's Nest main stadium on Friday for an athletics session without a single gold medal event. The fans went wild watching heats and one European athlete said he could not begin to imagine how they would behave when the competitors were actually racing for the big prizes.
That has already occurred at the swimming pool where Chinese supporters raised the roof when 19-year-old Liu Zige won the 200 metres butterfly in world record time. It was clear that over the final lap she raised her tempo in response to ever rising decibels from the crowd.
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