With all the hype of Han Geng from Super Junior being torchbearer, nobody told me that Leehom Wang is a torch bearer too!!!!!!! When I heard the news, I proceeded to scream gleefully, and now I just feel really tingly inside.
Since being elected a torchbearer, Leehom took a trip to Athens where he took pictures with fellow torch bearer Liu Hongliang, environmental expert and son of Liu Changchun, China’s first athlete to take part in the Olympics. Leehom says, “We are fully prepared for the lighting ceremony and we put on our sports outfits and shoes. I cut my hair short and shaved my moustache. Light the passion, pass the dream from Olympia!”
Next to that, him and Jay Chou submitted songs for the committee to approve. To write their lyrics, Jay Chou had a contest but in the end, he went to lyricist, Vincent Fang. Leehom also felt it smarter to go to a professional lyricist and looked towards Albert Leung for help.
Congratulations Leehom!
For fun…check out this Olympic-esque Coca Cola ad featuring Leehom, Liu Xiang, and other Chinese athletes:
Sources: CCTV.com, Asianfanatics, http://onedayinmay.net
Picture credit: CCTV.com, Asianfanatics
