Schwarzenegger greets Olympic athletes at SJSU
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger greets Steven Coppola, a member of the U.S. Olympic rowing team, Friday at the Olympic Team Processing Facility at San Jose State University.
DARRYL BUSH / Associated PressPublished: Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 3:43 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 3:43 a.m.
SAN JOSE -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in San Jose on Friday greeting some of the 600 Olympic athletes and coaches expected to pass through the city on their way to the games in Beijing.
All of the nation's athletes will be stopping at San Jose State University for one or two days before heading to China, where the Summer Olympics start Aug. 8.
The school is being used as a processing center to give out uniforms, take official photos, measure for Olympic rings and to brief the athletes on what to expect in Beijing.
Schwarzenegger, a former Mr. Olympia bodybuilder, shook hands with athletes and wished them good luck, and handed out a few off-the-cuff remarks.
"There's no one that can appreciate more the kind of effort that goes into being where you are today," the governor said to a crowd that included the U.S. men's rowing team.
"I know very well the kind of work that goes in. Some of these athletes have talked about six, seven hours of training a day -- and that doesn't even include the shower."
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