Hello there, sorry for haven't talked to you for a long time, busying training for the Olympics this year, and now I would like to tell you a good news that is:

I am proudly named to representing China for the women Laser Radial Class in the Olympic Sailing competition! How exciting that it will be!

We had just finished the Nationals in Qingdao, although I was winning by a large margin, but I am not feeling so good with my light wind performances. Qingdao is really a very very special venue, with mostly light wind in Aug, big long waves and extremely strong currents. I am not good at sailing under this kind of situation, I don't have a good sense to sail fast and stable, that's a big problem for the Olympics. But anyway, my coach and I are working hard on it and hopefully we can solve some of my weaknesses to some extent before the games.

As you can see apprently, I am not so confident with myself at present, for the games is already so close to go. I did have improved a lot on my sailing level over the past half year, and also I got some good results in the international regattas this year, such as 5th at Sail Melbourne(world cup), 1st NZL Nationals, 2nd at Sail Auckland, 2nd at the world championships, 4th at Expert Garda and 5th in Hyeres(world cup), my whole performances were very consistant indeed(always remaining top 5 are not easy for sailing as every places have quite different sea water), and that brings me confidence better than ever before! But ever since I returned back to sail in Qingdao, I lost my heart again for my bad sense of light wind with big waves and fast currents.

Only 50 days to go, no matter how terrible the situation it is now, I won't stop my pace to prepare as well as I can for the olympics, I will continue follow my passion to sail, and enjoy the happiness inside the sport. So long as I paid my best effort on it, I won't be regret in the future even though I can't sail fast at the games.

Please support me forever, my dear friends. :)

Hi, everyone! I have just arrived in Qingdao right afther the plane flew from Paris to Beijing. After 50 days in Europe, we are all very happy to be back to China. The only disappoint thing is that we cannot have holidays! Not even be home for 2 or 3 days to see our parents. What a pity!

Here, in Qingdao, we will have summer training here. It seems impractical to train here to prepare for the worlds, for Cascais is famous because of the strong wind, but Qingdao rarely have a windy day. Anyway, I will try to keep a good body shape for windy conditions and meanwhile be on a diet to reach 67 kilos, in which much better than 72kg under light air. I know its pretty hard, but as both the worlds and the pre-olympics are important to me, I shall have no words except 'keep trying'.

Evi, Anna, Tania, Paige, Jo, and the other world radial sailors, lets meet again in portugal in July for the wind is calling~~~

Many thanks to my sponsor Nike, Visa and Nautica!

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Finally we only managed to finish 7 races include one medal race because of the changeable weather and shifty wind in Palma this week. I got the fifth of the 91 boat event, the world ranking number 1 Evi from BEL won the regatta for the second time! She's a very nice person with smart sailing movements and very good technicques. I must say there's a lot of skills I should learn from her. She's progressing so quick in a short time, then why can't I! Sometimes I wanna to sail fast, but I didn't sail as hard as I can, for I have left leg pains when hiking. However this would not stop me from sailing even though, it was simply because I love this great sport and it really chanllenges. Despite all of these, but why can't I sail fast in light conditions? I would rather sail light air than strong wind as it is more easier in physical power. I think is is time for me to lose weight, I am too heavy in the boat of Radial in small wind. I believe that my boat speed would be much better if I change my weight from 70kg to 65kg. And meanwhile, I shall nevery forget to improve my technics as well.
At last, I want to say, I need to sail well under light conditions, its not well enough if you only be good at medium and strong wind, I wanna to be suitable for Qingdao venne--where the 2008 olympics will be held there. I will try my every efforts to reach it, let's see!

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This past weekend I sailed the Golden Nationals in Xiamen, Fujian. Although there were only 14 sailors sailing the five-day event, I only got the third overall, with Yuan Rubei the first, Shen xiaoying the second. Yuan is only 16 years old, she has just switched from opti, and very light body weight. Both Shen and Yuan are less the 60kg, their speed are better than me during this light air event. I thought I should think about losing weight, as I am too heavy for light wind--70kg. But the most important reason is still the technique of sailing, so I will try to work on both weight and skills in the next few months.

After our physical trainings in Xiamen, we will be flying to Beijing this afternoon and then fly again to Spain on 23nd. Over half a year passed, I didn't sail against the worlds best sailors, I check the news from ISAF website of every regattas they attended, it seems that they all have had lots of progress and now I am looking forward to meet you in Palma soon!

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也希望你们多多给我提提意见和建议，谢谢！

 

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     人民网体育在线北京12月19日讯 2006年多哈亚运会已圆满落下帷幕，这是2008年北京奥运会之前举行的规模最为宏大的综合性体育盛会。阵容强大的中国体育代表团取得165枚金牌的辉煌战绩。12月19日，旨在鼓励体育健儿争创佳绩，为北京奥运会发现和培养人才的“创维亚运之星”评选在北京揭晓，年轻选手刘天佑和徐莉佳双双当选。

　　“创维亚运之星”评选活动由人民日报体育部、全国日报体育新闻学会和彩电知名企业――创维集团联合举办，邀请体育界和新闻界权威人士组成评委会，广大读者、网友和体育记者也进行了投票。当选“创维亚运之星”的刘天佑，在多哈亚运会中一举夺得男子10米气步枪团体冠军、男子10米气步枪个人冠军和50米步枪3x40团体冠军三项冠军；徐丽佳作为帆船激光雷迪尔级公开赛中唯一的女将，以骄人成绩夺取金牌。

　　定位于"科技与人性化"的创维集团历来关心、支持社会公益事业和中国体育事业的发展。经过近20年的奋斗，创维已成长为蜚声国际的中国家电巨子，并成功挺进世界彩电十大品牌系列，成为中国电子百强名列第15位的优秀企业。2004年，由创维集团鼎力支持的“创维奥运之星”评选，雅典奥运会冠军刘翔、张怡宁当选。另外，姚明曾当选“创维九运之星”。

    链接 ：刘天佑

　　2006年12月2日，中国选手获得多哈亚运会首枚金牌――男子10米气步枪团体冠军，而刘天佑就是这枚首金的功臣。他在接下来的比赛中又拿下了男子10米气步枪的个人冠军和50米步枪3x40的团体冠军。本届亚运会，他不仅获得多项冠军头衔，还打出了700.8环的个人最好成绩。

　　刘天佑于1982年4月2日出生，四川崇州人，现就读于清华大学，经济管理专业，大学四年级。他于2003年获全国个人射击锦标赛第一，2005年获十运会3x40冠军，2006年获广州世界杯气步枪亚军，并在多哈亚运会上获得3项冠军 。这位清华学子被王义夫称为2008年北京奥运会中国气步枪项目的"中坚力量"。

    徐莉佳

　　2006年12月12日，多哈亚运会帆船激光雷迪尔级公开赛展开了激烈争夺，这个项目本是男、女选手共同参加的项目，但赛场之上只有一名女选手，而最后的冠军就她――徐莉佳！所谓巾帼不让须眉，徐莉佳就是最好的例子。

　　年仅19岁的徐莉佳来自上海。2001和2002年，她就在帆船项目上展现出非凡的潜力，并两次获得OP级帆船的冠军。2005年，她获得了世界青年帆船锦标赛的亚军。2006年，她又夺得了激光级帆船世锦赛的女子组冠军，并获得多哈亚运会帆船激光雷迪尔级公开赛冠军。2008年北京奥运会上，我们有理由相信巾帼英雄徐莉佳为中国帆船项目再创佳绩。