Team cooks up recipe for success

Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima gives a thumbs up to the Beijing Olympic Village, describing it as "having the best-ever facilities" he has experienced.

As for the food, "it's super-delicious", the 200-m breaststroke world-record breaker was quoted as saying on the front pages of many Japanese newspapers.

Actually, Kitajima and Japan's other Olympians have been sampling the Village-styled delicacies before arriving in Beijing.