Cheers from home fans may inspire Chinese athletes in their pursuit of victory, but stalwart supporters are conscious of their limited scope of vocal encouragement - more or less confined to Zhong Guo Jia You or 'Go China'.
As China's victory over Germany was thewow gold first Olympics basketball game Lu Qun, 45, attended, he took his cue from other fans and joined in the 'Go China" chant.
"Yelling 'Defense!' or 'Charge!' doesn't sound Age of Conan Goldright in Chinese, so I want to think up a few suitable Chinese slogans for future games," he said.
But Chinese fans generally find coming up with new cheers and slogans a challenge during the country's biggest-ever sports event.
"People just yelled randomly. All I could hear wereworld of warcraft gold shouts of 'Go China' from all directions throughout," junior student Chen Rui said after seeing China win bronze in women's 4x100m medley relay.
"I shouted with the crowd right from the first minuteAge of Conan Gold to the end of the first half part, but was so worn out in the second half that I decided to sit and watch rather than cheer our athletes," Xie Xiaoming, a basketball fan from Jiangsu province said after watchingfinal fantasy xi Gil China beat the Czech Republic at the Wukesong Basketball Stadium on Sunday.
Republic of Korea (ROK) fans seem more organized in this respect than their Chinese cousins |
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