Beijing 2008 Olympic & Paralympic: August 2008

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony Online Video

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Bejing Olympic Games Official Website：

www.beijing2008.cn
Online Live Video Stream Sites

　　 CCTV: http://2008.cctv.com/05/index.shtml
　　 Sohu 搜狐：http://info.2008.sohu.com/Live/
　　 Tencent 腾讯：http://2008.qq.com/live/
　　 Netease 网易：http://v.2008.163.com/
　　 Sina 新浪： http://2008.sina.com.cn/video/

Bejing Olympic Games Official Website

http://en.beijing2008.cn/video/ (English)

Sunday, August 24, 2008

United States wins Men's Basketball Olympic gold

Kobe Bryant (No.10) of the United States goes to the basket. (Photo credit:Xinhua)

The United States team huddles at center court. (Photo credit: Phil Walter/Getty Images)

BEIJING -- Deron Williams didn't waste any time.
The gold medal had been around his neck for about half a second before he lifted it gently with both hands, studied it carefully with a wide smile on his face, and raised it to his lips to kiss it. Nothing ever had tasted so sweet.
"It's a great feeling," the Jazz guard said later. "No words can really express how I feel right now, how the team feels. It's just a great feeling. It's something we're so proud of."
Redemption, at last.

Olympic record of highest number of Gold medals by a single participant - Michael Phelps

Record gold medalist Michael Phelps (Photo credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

(BEIJING, August 18) -- Michael Phelps owned the pool at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with an astonishing eight gold medal performance. As if that weren't enough, all but his 100m Butterfly victory were accompanied by a world record.

Along the way, he broke a host of other records, including surpassing Mark Spitz's Munich 1972 Olympic Games effort of seven gold medals at a single summer Olympic Games. Many had said that was impossible.

Phelps began his assault on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with a bang, winning the Men's 400m Individual Medley on day two in a world record time of 4:03.84, slicing 1.41 seconds off the old mark. Hungary's Laszlo Cseh collected the silver medal and American Ryan Lochte won the bronze medal.

Phelps' achievements in 2008 Summer Games include:
Gold - 400m individual medley (World record: 4:03.84)
Gold - 4x100m free relay (World record: 3:08.24)
Gold - 200m freestyle
Gold - 200m butterfly (World record: 1:52.03)
Gold - 4x200m free relay (World record: 6:58.56)
Gold - 200m individual medley (World record: 1:54.23)
Gold - 100m butterfly
Gold - 4x100m medley relay (World record: 3:29.34)

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Beijing 2008 Closing Ceremonies Photos

A spectator waves the rattle-drum during the art performance ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games closing ceremony in the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 24, 2008. The closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics will begin at 8 p.m. (GMT/UTC +8) sharp here on Sunday.

The Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games

Artists perform (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Girls dancing in the Closing Ceremony (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Performance of the Closing ceremony (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Sacred flame extinguished (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Acrobats perform on memory tower. (Photo credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Fireworks of the closing ceremony in the National Stadium (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Singers perform. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Andy Lau offers best wishes for the Olympics

(BEIJING, August 8) -- With a big Chinese character hua meaning China printed on his coat, Hong Kong celeb Andy Lau received an exclusive interview with the official website of the 2008 Olympic Games.
As the Goodwill ambassador of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Andy presented the newly finished song "Every One is Number One" specially made for the event and expressed his admiration and support for athletes with disabilities.