Iraqi athletes sad people

 From the article - Sohu blog Cheeeeer
afternoon, the Iraqi Rowing Men's Double Sculls project ended their two players in all competitions at the Beijing Olympics, in the Final C in which they lost to the U.S. team and eventually became the project in the first 14. Although the final list of all the teams only the last one, but two players really made us deeply moved.
Iraqi athletes was only informed until the last moment to participate in the Olympics, they were almost empty-handed to in Beijing, provided by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the game jersey with the boat and was able to competition entries.
Rowing The two players were 25-year-old and 32-year-old Nuozha De Jie Buer, they are all in Baghdad a sports university students. in the war-torn Iraq, they made great efforts in preparation for the Olympic Games. Nuozha De and Jie Buer training site near the Tigris River in Baghdad, often have to face the military patrols and curfews. They also mmm often expelled in the vicinity if there are government officials, soldiers put them back to shore. They were also prohibited near the government buildings. and they can only draw on the Tigris 1700-1800 meters, and leg length of the Olympic Games yes 2000 meters.
serious as violence in Baghdad, heard an explosion in the training routine for them, if the situation is too serious violence, they suspended a few days, waiting for danger has passed. In short, they can only maintain ; flexible training paddled forward at their own pace, the audience of viewers, especially China, have been the audience cheer for them, they still comfortably last through the end.
Final C remains the same today in Iraq by the end of the final contestants, the audience The audience is still enthusiastic cheers broke out. because everyone saw their efforts are applauded for their efforts.
today after the match, when they said in an interview, the Chinese audience is very important to them refueling . they still keep saying thank everyone, able to attend the Olympic Games was so happy, it is very important for the Iraqi people.
I am particularly touched by two players in Iraq is not like other athletes is always a hurry headlong to the interview and then quickly left, on the contrary, they almost Insider reporter, talking about the very friendly (their English is really good Yeah !!!!), the same time, very low-key, with a very good state of mind look at everything. Today their interview time to race a full half an hour long, but they are not at all impatient.
last ~ a small detail, perhaps no one noticed, but I stood in mixing zone clearly see an athlete's socks, which broken, an indescribable sadness.
this world there are always some people who need to work harder than others.
fueling Iraq ~ ~ ~