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August 21st, 2008 · 11 Comments

From yesterday’s Lithuania-China game…

Tags: 2008 Olympics · sports

11 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Yuehan // Aug 21, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    And zis is how we say goodbye in Lithuania, Dr. Yao

  • 2 kekekeke // Aug 21, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Jia You Zhongguo……Jia Yo mmmmmppppp

  • 3 zhwj // Aug 21, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    I’m guessing that the Mirror isn’t going to put that on the front page like they did with the beach volleyball victory celebration.

  • 4 Rhys // Aug 21, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    Oh Yao, you’re so BIG!

  • 5 zhwj // Aug 21, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    (oops. Baidu image apparently doesn’t have persistent urls. That’s not what I meant to link to)

  • 6 Leah // Aug 21, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    Team Lithuania coach to Siskauskas: “I don’t care if Yao’s twice your size, you’re going to go out there and guard him– like white on rice.”

  • 7 Bill // Aug 22, 2008 at 3:38 am

    Caption: Sssssmach..

  • 8 NateT // Aug 23, 2008 at 2:39 am

    At this very moment, a line from the Zhuangzi came to Yao: “The practice of humaneness and propriety is only an insincere pretext for predators.”

  • 9 Chris // Aug 23, 2008 at 3:42 am

    China, ever widening its sphere of influence, embraces the former Soviet Baltic. Lithuania hugs back.

  • 10 Elyse // Aug 25, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Yao, thinking “dude, what did you eat for lunch?!”

  • 11 Kim // Aug 26, 2008 at 12:58 am

    Yow!

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