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WEATHER Today’s Birthday forecast party fun Nanjing 24/29 Rainy Suzhou 24/29 Rainy Wuxi 24/29 Rainy at media Yangzhou 24/30 Rainy Xuzhou 23/29 Cloudy Changzhou 24/29 Rainy center Nantong 23/29 Rainy By ZHENG XIN Lianyungang 22/29 Rainy [email protected] Huai’an 22/29 Rainy

Yancheng 23/30 Rainy Athletes, media workers and sta* Zhenjiang 24/29 Rainy whose birthdays fall during the Nan- Taizhou 24/29 Rainy jing Games celebrated their birth- Suqian 23/29 Rainy days like never before at the Main Media Center on Thursday night. More than 130 people were treat- YOG ed to live music performances, danc- DAILY es, snacks and the ice bucket chal- lenge and also won prizes and gifts. The o cial English publica- “It’s once in a blue moon that I tion of the Nanjing 2014 could celebrate my birthday dur- Youth Olympic Games ing the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olym- Published daily by pic Games,” said Xiang Jiabo, a jav- Daily elin thrower from Taizhou, Jiangsu Issue: 10 province, who turned 17 on Aug 15. © 2014 China Daily “The dances and selfies with the other athletes from home and All rights reserved PUMPED UP abroad were so much fun. The birth- day party was a once in a lifetime TALK TO US Xu Shilin of China celebrates her 6-2, 6-3 victory over Akvile Parazinskaite of Lithuania on Friday to reach the women’s experience.” fi nal where she will face of Belarus at the Youth Olympic Games. PHOTO BY WEI XIAOHAO / CHINA DAILY “We didn’t expect anything like Editorial this,” said Juan Canadell, a senior Tel: 86-10-6499-5311, host broadcaster, who celebrated Fax: 86-10-6491-8377 his birthday on Aug 14. Advertising “Each of us had birthdays during Tel: 86-25-84574342, the Nanjing Games and we orga- Subscriptions Closing with a fl ourish nized small, private parties with our Tel: 86-25-84574343, colleagues and this is just fantastic.” E-mail: wuzhili@ Diosdado Estandarte, a camera- chinadaily.com.cn By CANG WEI mance and sta* at the closing cer- man for TV5 television from the [email protected] emony will total 2,300, half of that Philippines, said this was his first FIND US at the opening ceremony. time in China and everything was The closing ceremony of the Most of those 1,200 are from “spectacular”. Address: No 15, Huixin- Youth Olympic Games will fea- primary and middle schools and The Nanjing Youth Olympic Games dongjie, Chaoyang District, ture eight distinct parts and each colleges in Nanjing, Zhang said, Organizing Committee also came up Beijing will have a theme like “Five Conti- adding that some art ensem- with the stand-out event of the eve- 北京市朝阳区惠新东街15号 nents’ celebrations”, “City of Youth” bles from Nanjing and Beijing ning, the ALS ice-bucket challenge. Address in Nanjing: Room and “Tomorrow”, said Chen Weiya, would also take part in the per- Two mascots, or Lele, took the 2602, Fuxin Plaza, No 359, chief director of the opening and formance. challenge first, followed by many Hongwu Road, Nanjing closing ceremonies. Performers from the Tagou athletes, media workers and sta* . There will also be colorful light- “More elements about Martial Arts School, who made an 江苏省南京市洪武路359号福 ing, quality projections and vari- Nanjing, the city that astonishing and spectacular acro- 鑫国际大厦2602东 ous kinds of fi reworks, Chen said. has made such a great batic show at the opening ceremo- “More elements about Nanjing, ny, will show o* their skills at the FOLLOW US the city that has made such a great e ort to host a great closing ceremony. e* ort to host a great Games, will Games, will also be But Zhang refused to release Nanjing also be shown during the closing any other information, except that 2014 Youth ceremony.” shown during the the number of performers would Olympic The ancient city walls of Nan- closing ceremony.” be reduced from 520 to 200. Games jing, which were constructed “We can assure you that there CHEN WEIYA Scan the between 1366-1386, will open their are no overlaps between the two gates in spectacular fashion. chief director of the opening and ceremonies.” code or fi nd us at closing ceremonies nanjing2014.org/cn/ “The seven letters in the word Four kinds of tickets are avail- Nanjing will become seven stag- able for the closing ceremony and ONLINE es that weigh three to seven met- the children’s wishes for the city, they are selling at 500 yuan ($81), ric tons each,” said Zhang Dongx- the YOG and the future, were 1,000 yuan, 1,500 yuan and 2,800 China Daily in, chief executive director of the drawn by youngsters from the yuan. Tickets can be bought on closing ceremony. “The cute mas- host city. the YOG’s o< cial website or o< - Scan this cot of the YOG will certainly join Also, 500 volunteers that pro- cial Games’ sales outlets. code or fi nd us at us to say farewell. About 100 mas- vided services during the YOG will “We have had a successful open- At a birthday party for athletes and chinadaily.com.cn cots will carry paintings of chil- sing for the audience. ing ceremony and we hope that sta at the Games, several took dren.” According to Zhang, about 1,200 the closing ceremony will also the ALS ice-bucket challenge. The works of art, which express people will take part in the perfor- gain a high score,” said Zhang. PHOTO BY ZHENG XIN / CHINA DAILY