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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Video 2008-08-10 18:12:00 2008 BeijingOlympic
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Opening 8.08.2008 - The best bloopers are hereBeijing 2008 Olympic Games Fireworks - The most amazing videos are a click awayThis ceremony has been unreal. Watch these videos of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
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Beijing 2008 Day 1 Air Rifle Medals 2008-08-08 22:57:00 Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the first gold of the Beijing
Olympic Games today when she won the Women's 10m Air Rifle
.Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 2. Russian Fed 0 1 0 1 3. Croatia 0 0 1 1
Olympic Games Beijing 2008 888 The Lucky Number 2008-08-07 18:16:00 The number 8 in Chinese Culture is the lucky number. The 8th of August 2008 is the Luckies day in our lives as the three eights are combining. Perhaps something miraculous will happen today. Even the OlympicGames
start on this day at 8 minutes past 8. Thats 888 for you Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Mens 50m Pistol Final 2008-08-21 21:10:00 In the Men's 50m Pistol
, Jin, silver medalist in Athens, entered the final ranked sixth but gained the lead from the first shot, which he lost only once on his fourth shot when he scored 8.5. He made a shaky 8.2 on his final shot but held on to win the gold medal.Kim Jong-su of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea scored an impressive 10.5 on his last shot, but it was not enough to clo Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Women Beach Volleyball China USA Final 2008-08-21 20:56:00 Beijing, China
, August 19 -- For the first time is a Chinese beach volleyball duo in the final at the Olympic
s and China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie will be carrying the honor. Top-seeded Tian and Wang now face the defending champions of the United States in the beach volleyball tournament at the Beijing Olympics. They won over their compatriots Zhang Xi and Xue Chen in the semifinal on Tuesday. They Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Taekwondo 58kg Men Final Mexico Gold 2008-08-21 20:43:00 Taekwondo athlete Guillermo Perez of Mexico
claimed the gold medal in the final match of the Men's -58kg weight class on Wednesday by defeating Yulis Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic in the Olympic
Taekwondo competition. Both athletes were cautious and played conservatively in the first set, which ended in a 0-0 draw. Then Perez started his attacks and managed a defensive kick on Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Basketball USA Argentina Semifinal 2008-08-21 20:06:00 AdblockIn the Basketball
Men's semifinals at the Olympic
Basketball Gymnasium, Spain, in its fifth consecutive Olympic Games semifinal, take on Lithuania at 10:15 p.m. (UTC/GMT +8), while Athens 2004 gold medalists Argentina
face the seemingly invincible United States "redeem team" at the earlier tip-off time of 8:00 p.m. (UTC/GMT +8).
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Football Argentina Nigeria Soccer 2008-08-21 08:29:00 Argentina crushed Brazil 3-0 in one of football's most combustible rivalries on Tuesday to reach the Olympic
final where they will play African giants Nigeria
who sauntered past minnows Belgium.The defending champions, inspired by Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi who outshone AC Milan's Ronaldinho, upset their South American neighbours with a brace from Sergio Aguero and penalty by captain Juan Ri Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Women Beach Volleyball Semifinal 2008-08-19 07:18:00 The semifinal match of Women
's BeachVolleyball
between Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China and Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China took place at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground on day eleven of the Beijing
2008 OlympicGames
on August 19, 2008 in Beijing, China. Wang Jie and Tian Jia advanced to the final by winning the match 2-1.
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Mens One Person Dinghy Gold Medal 2008-08-19 07:08:00 Paul Goodison of Great Britain clinched gold in the Laser (Men's One Person Dinghy) with a ninth finish in the medal race and an overall point total of 63, eight points ahead of Vasilij Zbogar of Slovenia who finished second in the medal place to claim silver. Goodison, who finished fourth in Athens, added to Great Britain's impressive gold medal -- making it three gold so far for his NOC. Di Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men's Freestyle 60kg Wrestling Gold 2008-08-19 07:02:00 Favorite Mavlet Batirov of Russia claimed his second Olympic
gold after defeating Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine for the Men's Freestyle
60 kilogram Wrestling title on Tuesday, August 19. Batirov finished on top in the 55kg category at Athens and then moved up to the 60kg weight class, winning the 2006 European Championship and 2007 World Championship in his new division. Fedoryshyn, who finished Read more:Beijing
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Swimming Legend Michael Phelps 8th Gold Medal World Record 2008-08-17 20:46:00 Day nine was by far the busiest day of Beijing 2008 so far -- with some 37 medals doled out as competitions concluded and old Olympic friends left the limelight, while others emerged from the shadows. Today, though, the spotlight shone on just one man.Sometimes words are not enough. The impish smile – one of pride at his immense achievements this past week – across the face of MichaelPhelps
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 100-Meter Gold Running Sprinting 2008-08-15 23:22:00 Usain Bolt ran the fastest 100-meter sprint in China even after slowing to a jog midway, laying down a marker for today's Olympic
semifinals and a potential final against Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay.Bolt, the world-record holder, cruised to victory in his quarterfinal heat in 9.92 seconds. The 6-foot-5 Jamaican looked to both his left and right to check the competition after passing the halfway ma Read more:Beijing
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Michael Phelps Wins Seventh Gold Medal At Olympic 200m Butterfly 2008-08-15 22:33:00 The deep gulps of air and fighting back of tears as MichaelPhelps
stood proudly upon the podium as US anthem the Star Spangled Banner rang around the Water Cube said it all. It is a sound the 23-year-old American swimmer knows all too well. After winning the Men's 200 meters Butterfly
final -- Phelps's fourth gold medal of the Beijing Olympic
Games, each on a world record time -- another superlat Read more:Medal
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Mens 200m Backstroke Final Lochte 2008-08-15 03:08:00 Ryan Lochte of the United States had to fight off a strong Russian challenge but finished with a gold medal and a world record in the Men's 200m Backstroke final at the National Aquatics Center pool on Friday.While many expected the fiercest fight to come from American Aaron Peirsol, Lochte instead had to contend with a strong swim from Russian Arkady Vyatchanin for much of the race.Lochte, the wo Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men's 200m Breaststroke Swimming 2008-08-14 08:17:00 World and defending Olympic
champion Kitajima Kosuke of Japan led all the way to take gold in the Men's 200m Breaststroke at the Beijing
2008 Olympic Games
in an Olympic record 2:07.64. Thursday's Olympic title was Kitajima's second from the National Aquatics Center after he took the 100m Breaststroke title on Monday in world record time and matched his 2004 Athens Olympic Games performance of Read more:Swimming
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games China Wins Gymnastics Yang Wei 2008-08-14 08:06:00 China's Yang Wei proved that he is the world's best all-round gymnast today by winning the gold medal in the Men's All-Around. Yang entered the final rotation with a comfortable lead over the rest of the field. The lead was a tremendous advantage for Yang, who knew he did not need to excel on his weakest apparatus, the Horizontal Bar. Yang performed well in the Rings, the Vault and the Parallel Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Wrestling 120kg Cuba Takes Gold 2008-08-14 07:55:00 In a rematch of his Athens quarterfinal loss, Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez this time prevailed over defending Olympic
champion Khasan Baroev of Russia 5-0, 1-1, to claim the gold in the Men's Greco-Roman 120 kilogram Wrestling weight class, on August 14, 2008.Lopez was knocked out by Baroev in the quarterfinals of the Athens Games
to finish fifth.Lopez's gold is the first for Cuba in Beijing
. As a
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Basketball USA vs Angola 2008-08-13 06:12:00 The United States Men's Basketball
"Redeem Team" crushed their opposition and fell just short of their previous game's 100 points when defeating Angola
97-76 in their group B match on Tuesday, August 12. Angola's Carlos Morais led scoring with an impressive 24 points, but the United States team spread their double-digits over four players. Angola's team also had the top rebounder, Joaquim Gomes, w Read more:Beijing
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Michael Phelps 2008-08-13 05:46:00 The US Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle
team, led out by the indomitable MichaelPhelps
, smashed the world record on the way to winning the gold medal on Wednesday. The triumph keeps alive Phelps' dream of gathering a record eight golds at the Beijing
2008 OlympicGames
. The win also brings Phelps his 11th career Olympic gold to date. The US team of Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay l
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