Foreign reporters meet athletes

International journalists were given a rare opportunity to meet and chat with some of China's Olympic athletes at the weekend to see how they are preparing for this summer's Games.

The media center of the body organizing the Beijing Games arranged a visit to the training camps of the judo, wrestling, tennis and field hockey teams at the Olympic Sports Center, just south of the Bird's Nest.

Tennis star and Grand Slam champion Zheng Jie and judo world champion Tong Wen were among the athletes answering questions from the group of about 200 international journalists.