While at first it seemed like beach volleyball would be largely ignored, despite the general love of volleyball among Chinese, it quickly became a very popular event, where even middle aged (and older) women let loose and followed the raucous MC, the DJ's... ...full story at Modern Lei Feng
from Modern Lei Feng on Mon, Jan 12 2009
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AVP Misty May on her love for the game of beach volleyball »
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