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Shenyang, Qinhuangdao stand test in Beijing Olympic rehearsal (3) |
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08:19, July 11, 2007 |
"I felt good. It''s very comfortable and convenient," said Marika Domanski-Lyfors, head coach of Chinese women''s national soccer team.
"Many of us had been worried that the travels would weighed the players down after a fatiguing match. But It just took two hours to cover such a long distance between Qinhuangdao and Shenyang," said China''s team manager Li Feiyu.
"We could even take a nap on the train, and no one was bothered by the travel," he added.
Italy and Thailand made their trips by D-capital train together with Chinese team, while Mexico taking a bus, and they all thumbed up for the well-arranged trips and none appeared frustrated in the following training sessions after arrival.
Also there''s no security worry should be raised for the venues.
Respectively 3,000 and 5,000 security forces in Qinhuangdao and Shenyang had been deployed in line with the public functions as well as the amount of spectators, and security check on spectators were done thoroughly with bags and plastic bottles forbidden to be taking inside the stadiums.
"It''s a good opportunity for us to get familiar with the venues and atmosphere, as well as the working content in organizing an Olympic-standard event. Through the organization of such international competitions, we can discover problems and accumulate useful experience for the upcoming 2008 Games," said Xu Dadi, director of the Shenyang Zone Organizing Committee for the 29th Beijing Olympic Games.
"If the whole work here should be evaluated with 100 points on standard for a successful Olympic Games competition, I think we''ve done 80 percent of it," he commented on the organizing job done for the just concluded women''s soccer tournament.
Source: Xinhua
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