Olga Hachatryan, a freestyle swimmer from Turkmenistan, was a picture of relaxation yesterday, as she sat on a sofa watching the movie Step Up on a large plasma screen.

"There's a lot of dancing in this film, which makes it very relaxing viewing" Hachatryan, who had just finished a two-hour training session, said.

By 8:30 pm, athletes had occupied most of the seats in the DVD screening room at the Olympic Village. The mini-theater is stocked with 387 films in English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and French.