ZHONG MAN BITES HIS GOLD MEDALImage: 2008.sina.com.cn
OLYMPICS SPORTS QUOTES
Gold Medal Quotes from the Beijing Olympics
Whether it’s a mangled metaphor or something lost in translation – there’s plenty of interesting stuff coming from the mouths of the athletes this Olympics.
There are many different languages spoken at the Olympics, and some interesting versions of English, too. Sometimes you just can't help feeling that something has been lost in translation.
Or perhaps athletes aren't always that good at saying what they mean.
"I just lay on my bed and watched soap operas," said Zhong Man, the first Chinese male fencer to win Olympic gold, of his preparation.
"They're human. I'm human and I'm American," said US archer Khatuna Lorig of her Korean opponents.
"Now we start from scratch, killing one lion a day," Brazilian beach volleyballer Renata Ribeiro stated, on reaching the Round of 16.
"The routines were very difficult, but if you don't take risks, you don't drink champagne," according to Russian gymnastics coach Valeri Liukin.
"I don't think my opponent is anything special," was Bulgarian wrestler Nikolay Gergov's assessment after winning.
"Male bees live for one moment, then they die. For us swimmers this moment come only once every four years," was Austrian Markus Rogan's way of emphasising the importance of his race.
"The gold medal, when we bite it there is not much taste," is the update from Chinese diver Huo Liang.
"He is just a normal person, although he may be from a different planet. A planet from another galaxy," Russian swimmer Alexander Sukhorukov said of the one-and-only Michael Phelps.
And let's not go easy on our own.
"I had a chat with (American swimmer) Natalie Coughlin. It's nice to know the people you race against aren't as scary as they look," may or may not be Aussie Alicia Coutts' way of paying a rival a compliment.
"The wheels fell off, but we got back on the horse," was diver Robert Newbery's explanation after he and partner Scott Robertson put in a shocker early in the 3m synchro, but dived well later.
"I'm going to be getting drunk - really drunk - and commiserating," said canoeist Lachy Milne after failing to make the final, proving beyond doubt that he is an Aussie.
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Murray Brust in Beijing for Citysearch
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