Swimmers are wowed by China's Olympic "Water Cube," covered in futuristic bubble wrap.

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BEIJING, CHINA - UNDATED: In this handout from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, (BOCOG) An artist impression of the National Aquatics Center (L) and the National Stadium in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (Photo by BOCOG/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - UNDATED: In this handout from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, (BOCOG) An artist impression of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (Photo by BOCOG/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - UNDATED: In this handout from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, (BOCOG) An artist impression of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (Photo by BOCOG/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 03: A Chinese labourer works at the National Aquatics Center on April 3, 2007 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 03: Chinese labourers work at the National Aquatics Center on April 3, 2007 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)