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Piersol Conducts Chinese Clinic, Trains, Plays “Golf” and Visits Pearl
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Watch the new video of Aaron in China eating a Chinese taco.
from SwimmingWorldMagazine.com

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Thank you to Cynthia again for sending me the link to More Pictures of Aaron’s Press Con in Beijing.
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Pictures from the Clinic , Click to view!

Photo by sports.sina.com.cn
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Aaron is Welcomed With Larger Than Life Sized Banner of Himself in

We were greeted by the swimmers and coaches and a life size banner with my picture the likes of which I had never seen. Needless to say it was a greeting I’ll never forget. It was chance for us to share ideas and thoughts on the differences in the way we all train

Aaron’s diary:

Beijing, December 17. AARON Piersol’s Diary Day 2: It was our goal last night to try authentic Chinese food. It was at the recommendation of our host, Sam, that we eat traditional Southern Chinese cuisine. He made slight mention that it might be a little spicy. But there was no way we could prepare for the onslaught of spiciness that our taste buds received.

The cuisine consisted of some things completely new to us, such as our new favorite fruit; dragon fruit. The rest of the meal consisted of zesty chicken, fiery lobster, spicy asparagus, and highly spiced pork that kept coming. It was at least a seven course meal and quite satisfying.

This morning, after a long needed sleep, Coach Eric Hansen and I spoke to Chinese swimmers and coaches about goal setting, training techniques and balancing swimming with the rest of life. We were greeted by the swimmers and coaches and a life size banner with my picture the likes of which I had never seen. Needless to say it was a greeting I’ll never forget. It was chance for us to share ideas and thoughts on the differences in the way we all train.

Eric and I learned as much from them as I’m sure they learned from us. There was a great Q&A session that lasted about an hour where we really got everyone involved. Although there was a translator, the international language of swimming seemed to transcend our language barrier.

Now we’re off to workout with the swimmers we spoke to today. We’re working on technique and are going to share training tips. US National Team coach, Eric Hansen is leading the way. It should be fun and I’ve been promised it won’t be easy.

If my coach Eddie Reese is reading this, don’t worry. I have got my work cut out for me in the pool. And after that, we’re heading to another traditional Chinese dinner, this time a Peking dinner with the Nike executives. No clue as to how spicy this will be. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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Aaron Peirsol Lands in China
I brought my nice camera, a Canon Rebel XT, so I’ll try to take some good pictures for all you guys back home.

Watch the “Aaron in China” Video from SwimmingWorldMagazine.com

Read Aaron’s China Diary
Beijing, December 16. AARON Piersol Diary Day 1: I left Austin holding a Starbucks and listening to Christmas music. 24 hours later I was able to buy a Starbucks and was still hearing Christmas music, but I was in Beijing International Airport!!!!

I never thought I would run into Santa Claus in China, but this world seems to be getting smaller day-by-day. I have not been so excited to visit another country in a long time. I have always felt China was just so far away and now I am here, in a country very unlike the one I live in; what a great learning experience.

I made a pact with Bobby Brewer, my agent from Premier Management Group, who is sitting with me right now, along with Eric Hanson, the coach for Wisconsin, and Rachel Joseph, our Nike rep, that we would eat as much local food as possible even though we did not know what it would consist of. Turns out it will be lobster and duck; beats the American Steakhouse downstairs that we could get back home anytime.

As we are resting from the flight right now, we are going over today’s schedule which will be pretty mellow; just a press conference, a TV interview for CCTV and an online chat with fans organized by Nike. After that, if we’re still standing (Bobby and I have been up since 2am Beijing time), we’ll hit the town and do a little site seeing and shopping.

I brought my nice camera, a Canon Rebel XT, so I’ll try to take some good pictures for all you guys back home.

Thanks to Cynthia again, who send me the links to:
* Pictures from the Live Chat
* A Video from the Live Chat
A Transcript of the Chat (It’s in Chinese, but there will be a Translation).

Picture from sports.sina.com.cn
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