FISA president lauds volunteers at Shunyi rowing venue

(BEIJING, August 18) -- International Rowing Federation (FISA) president Denis Oswald presented gifts on Monday to volunteers working at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. He then inscribed praises for the volunteers and accepted an English language set of "Smile Bracelets" from them.

The text of the inscription is as follows: "The organization of an Olympic regatta requires a lot of efforts where the volunteers contribute a lot. Without them the regatta could not be successful. In Shunyi the volunteers were just fantastic. Thank you."

After the ceremony, Mr. Oswald presented a medal commending excellent volunteer services to Zhou Xuan, an outstanding representative of the Shunyi volunteers, who collectively, won high honors from the International Rowing Federation for their selfless, first-rate services.