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U.S Olympian Gets Beat Down In Table Tennis By "Cute" Hotel Staffer

The WSJ has hired U.S. Olympian Jason Read to do some blogging for the paper while he's in Beijing.

Our first immediate question? What athlete has time to blog for the WSJ? Turns out Read is an alterante for the U.S. rowing team. But don't feel bad for him--he already won the gold in Athens in '04.

Anyways, Read has given us the lowdown on the rowing team's hotel in Shinyu. He blogs:

Our hotel, the King and Queen Garden Hotel in Shinyu, is awesome! The food has been remarkably good. We were all a bit concerned when the managers of the team said to "bring as much food as possible."

I got my butt kicked the other day in table tennis by a cute Chinese girl who works at the hotel. Most of the hotel workers don't speak English. The ones who do don't let you know they do. The all love Olympic pins.

And there you have it. a first-hand report on the hotel scene from an Olympian. Um...thanks?

[Photo via USRowing.org]