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Diving for dummies
China Daily/The Olympian
Updated: 2008-08-15 13:11
A visitor poses with the wax figure of diver Guo Jingjing at the Shanghai Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. [China Daily] |
During the Games, wax figures of Chinese sport stars have been popular among visitors at the Shanghai Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
The wax museum displays replicas of well-known celebrities. It first opened in London in 1884 and to date has six branches around the world.
Madame Tussauds Shanghai is the first in China and has famous figures such as Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, David Beckham, Tom Cruise and Albert Einstein.