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Meet Alex Puskitas, a fictional underdog athlete created by the International Olympic Committee to emphasize the Olympic spirit as part of its “Best of Us” campaign.
You’ll enjoy the video. Puskitas, who must be from Wrestle-istan, or perhaps Half-Nelsonistan, winds up at nearly every venue of these Olympic Games.
Click here to see what the IOC says about its “Best of Us” campaign. Another video from the campaign is below.
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"China Rises" is written by Tim Johnson, the Beijing bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers. He covers both China and Taiwan.
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The IOC features a running dog!
Posted by: A B | July 09, 2008 at 01:08 AM
Any chance some of that "Best of Us" spirit can be magically transported from the Olympics to this blog?
Judging by the rabidness of the participants here, it has pretty much reached the post-Tibet target the foreign correspondents level.
Posted by: A B | July 09, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Any chance some of that "Best of Us" spirit can be magically transported from the Olympics to this blog?
Posted by: Noclegi Ustka | July 23, 2008 at 10:07 AM