QINGDAO: Just two days after the Olympic sailing test event began, athletes and officials in Qingdao have already hailed the services of volunteers and high standard of accommodation in a promising sign for next year's Olympic event.

Volunteers

"This is a test event for us volunteers as much as a test event for everyone, so we're training, we're learning how to work the best for the Olympics next year so everything can run smoothly and perfectly," Canadian volunteer Alyson Woolfrey, a volunteer on the Sailing Committee's news service desk, told China Daily.