Beijing Olympic Games

Updated: 2008-08-12 23:54:54

Volunteers distribute score reports at the Main Press Center (MPC) in Beijing. (Photo credit: Li Zihuan/Xinhua)

(Beijing, August 12) — The MPC and all Olympic competition venues have their own volunteer score report distribution teams. These volunteer teams are responsible for handling all scheduling information and scores that have been relayed in by international reporters located at the competition venues. The work completed by the volunteers requires a high level of professionalism, close attention to detail and patience.

Sorting through files (Photo credit: Li Zihuan/Xinhua)

Everyday, more than 500 different types of schedule and score reports must be processed and photocopied. The volunteers handle a total of some 40,000 photocopies per day. Volunteers spend their days in front of printers, photocopy machines and endless pieces of paper. Although they are unable to watch the competitions, volunteers are the first to know the outcomes of each event. As they work together to provide logistical support for the thousands of international reporters that have come to the Games, the volunteers’ sense of team spirit is tangible.