China’s star basketball player, Yao Ming, is worried that, with only 42 days left until the opening ceremony, he will not have enough time to tune up.
Yao has yet to fully recover from the surgery he underwent in March to repair his injured left foot. Still, the Houston Rockets all-star center will start training with the national team today, less than two days after he arrived in Beijing.
“I have no time to take a break or to recover from the jet lag,” Yao said. “I will start training with the national team tomorrow. It feels great to be home again.”
Beijing Olympics 2008 