Chinese sailing weaning new stars

QINGDAO: While top sailors from all over the world compete to reach their Olympic dreams on Fushan Bay in Qingdao, local youngsters are working hard to become one of them in the future.

The boys and girls, mostly elementary and middle school students, spent almost all their school vacation at a summer camp to learn theories and practice sailing skills.

Zhang Lu, an 11-year-old girl, won third place in her age group at last year's Qingdao Aquatic Sports Youth Sailing Competition, an amazing performance since at the time she had only trained for two months.