Participants at the Special Olympics World Summer Games can take part in non-sports programs designed for intellectually disabled athletes to interact with one another and relieve competition stress and fatigue.
Fireworks light up the sky during the opening ceremony for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games at Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai October 2, 2007. [Xinhua]
Liu Xiang (L) of China races to catch up with Dayron Robles of Cuba in the men's 110m hurdles during the Golden Grand Prix in Shanghai. Liu crashed to defeat, fading to third behind Robles. [Xinhua]
Chinese swimmers from Beijing perform to win the synchronised swimming team free combination routine at 2007 China Open Sychronised Swimming in East China's Jiangsu Province, September 24, 2007. [Xinhua]
Liu Haixia of China celebrates after completing a lift in the women's 63kg clean and jerk at the World Weightlifting Championships in Chiang Mai September 23, 2007.
Han Duan (R) and Norway's Gunhild Folstad fight for the ball during their 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final soccer match in Wuhan, China, Sept 23, 2007. China is eliminated after a 1-0 loss to Norway. [Reuters]
America, Germany,Norway,roared into the semifinals of the Women's World Cup.
Shannon Boxx (L) of the US and England's Katie Chapman fight for the ball during their quarter-final soccer match at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in Tianjin September 22, 2007. US women beat England 3-0 to enter the semifinals. [Reuters]
America, Germany, England, North Korea, Norway, Australia, Brazil and host China succeeded reaching the Women's World Cup quarterfinals.
China women's football team coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors expressed her and the host team's strong determination to qualify for the quarter-final of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup on Tuesday before their Wednesday's match against New Zealand.