Day 11 Preview: China gymnasts and GB cyclists go for gold
Updated: 2008-08-19 04:51:26
Day 7 Preview: Enter the athletics
Updated: 2008-08-15 04:53:49
(BEIJING, August 15) -- Okay we've had the warm up events, but Day 7 is where Beijing 2008 gets really serious. The centre stage at any Olympic Games is always athletics and August 15 is the day these athletes enter Beijing's marvelous new arena – the National Stadium – known as the Birds Nest to me and you.
Updated: 2008-08-15 04:53:49
(BEIJING, August 15) -- Okay we've had the warm up events, but Day 7 is where Beijing 2008 gets really serious. The centre stage at any Olympic Games is always athletics and August 15 is the day these athletes enter Beijing's marvelous new arena – the National Stadium – known as the Birds Nest to me and you.
Day 7 Gold Medal Matches
* 10:12 Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Scheduled
* 10:19 Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Final Scheduled
* 10:12 Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Scheduled
* 10:19 Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Final Scheduled
Updated: 2008-08-13 04:49:06
Day 5 Preview: Phelps goes for record gold
(BEIJING, August 13) -- Okay, let's cut to the quick, guys. Quite simply, day five of Beijing 2008 could be a day that is etched in Olympic legend.
Day 5 Preview: Phelps goes for record gold
(BEIJING, August 13) -- Okay, let's cut to the quick, guys. Quite simply, day five of Beijing 2008 could be a day that is etched in Olympic legend.
Updated: 2008-08-13 01:01:17
(BEIJING, August 12) -- Gold glistened as the sun shone in Beijing on a day which had Uncle Sam smiling as US swimmers ruled the pool, while China's five star flag fluttered over several awe-inspiring performances to cheer the host nation on Day 4 of Beijing 2008.
(BEIJING, August 12) -- Gold glistened as the sun shone in Beijing on a day which had Uncle Sam smiling as US swimmers ruled the pool, while China's five star flag fluttered over several awe-inspiring performances to cheer the host nation on Day 4 of Beijing 2008.
Day 3 Overall Medal Standings
Day 2 (Two) : Phelps chases gold & CHINESE AMBITION
By Andrew Cawthorne
BEIJING (Reuters) - Michael Phelps swims on Sunday in search of the first of an unprecedented eight gold medals, but violence again spoiled the Beijing Olympics party with blasts in the restive west killing at least two people.
By Andrew Cawthorne
BEIJING (Reuters) - Michael Phelps swims on Sunday in search of the first of an unprecedented eight gold medals, but violence again spoiled the Beijing Olympics party with blasts in the restive west killing at least two people.
Medal count: Who’s going to win the most gold medals? All sites agree that China has it in the bag. The U.S. should place second, followed by Russia, Australia and Germany in that order.
Lopez Lomong was chosen as flag bearer in a vote on Wednesday.
Lopez Lomong, a former child prisoner in war-torn East Africa who was among the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan, will lead the United States Olympic team into a packed National Stadium on Friday night during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
Lopez Lomong, a former child prisoner in war-torn East Africa who was among the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan, will lead the United States Olympic team into a packed National Stadium on Friday night during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
BEIJING — Eamon Sullivan and Stephanie Rice are the Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson of Australia. Swimming sweethearts, their yearlong romance was covered like any other contact sport in the media, their exposure enhanced by risqué photos of Rice that she posted on her Facebook page.
The Iraqi Olympic team has endured war, ethnic violence, deprivation and, most recently, the decertification of its Olympic committee and the threat that the team would be banned from the Games. But through it all its athletes have endured, and the four who met all the qualification and deadline criteria arrived in Beijing on Tuesday.