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Olympics Xing
Xing (pronounced shing or sing) means journey in Chinese — fitting for this blog, which is all about the journey of the U.S. men's basketball team and N&O staff writer Luciana Chavez at the 2008 Beijing Games. She is covering her first Olympics and making her first trip to China. Check in here for Olympic news and for Luci's impressions getting to and being at the Games.
Rowbury excited about racing future
Submitted by lchavez on 08/23/2008 - 10:40
BEIJING — Former Duke standout middle-distance runner Shannon Rowbury seems to have an exciting future ahead of her after a seventh-place finish in the women's 1,500-meter run at the Bird's Nest in the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.
The San Francisco, Calif., native talked about it after the race. She sounds winded because this interview was given about 10 minutes after she finished.
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