Feature: Chinese handball referees debut in Olympic Games

Xinhua News Agency | August 11, 2008 | Copyright

Feature: Chinese handball referees debut in Olympic Games

By Sportswriter Wu Junkuan

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tall, slim, middle-aged and with long black plait, it is difficult to find an eye-catching adjective to describe Liu Fengjuan and Liu Shuyong, the only and first duo of Chinese handball referees to appear on the Olympic stage.

"It was one of the most important moments in my life. We made history in our own way," said Liu Shuyong after the game between Angola and Norway on Monday, the first Olympic game ever refereed by Chinese.

"We were not nervous at all, because we had ...

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