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A senior shows off his Chinese yo-yo skills in front of a crowd along the Bund in Shanghai yesterday as part of an ongoing international public sports festival. More than 200 Chinese yo-yo players from around the country are competing for the title of "master." The games requires players to keep a toy consisting of two discs connected with a long axle spinning on a string tied to two sticks at the ends.

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