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| Chinese vice president arrives in HK on inspection tour |
| 2008-07-06 09:14:00 |
HONG KONG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived at the Hong Kong Lok Ma Chau cross-boundary checkpoint from Shenzhen on Sunday morning, kicking off a three-day inspection tour of the city. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) shakes hands with Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Chief Executive Donald Tsang in Hong Kong, south China, July 6, 2008. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) Upon his arrival, Xi was greeted by Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government and principal officials of the HKSAR government....
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| BEACH VOLLEYBALL: U.S. Team to Play for World University Championship Bronze Medal |
| 2008-07-06 09:10:00 |
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 5, 2008) � The U.S. men's team of Joey Dykstra (Hermosa Beach, Calif./USC) and Mark Van Zwieten (Pompano Beach, Fla./Florida Atlantic) will play for a bronze medal on Sunday at the World University Championship for beach volleyball in Hamburg, Germany. Dykstra and Van Zwieten, ranked third, will face the Czech Republic team of Milan Monik and Filip Habr, ranked 22nd in the third-place match.Dykstra and Van Zwieten opened the day on Saturday by defeating compatriots Clint Coe (Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach State) and Duncan Budinger (Encinitas, Calif./Long Beach State), seeded 23r...
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| Nike Hyperdunk - 2008 Beijing Olympics |
| 2008-07-05 12:02:00 |
Introducing the brand new Nike Hyperdunk - 2008 Beijing Olympics edition. The sneaker lineup features eight different styles representing eight nations. You can get them for the following nations: Russia, China, USA, Australia, Puerto Rico and Lithuania. They also have Hyperdunks that pay special tribute to some national basketball stars like Argentina (Manu Ginobili), Spain (Paul Gasol), & Germany (Dirk Nowitzki). More images after the jump… Scroll over image for information. ...
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| Nike Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 Mascot Pack |
| 2008-07-05 11:45:00 |
As the 2008 Beijing Olympics approaches, Nike will release yet more Olympic-inspired sneakers to capitalize on the opportunity. The Nike Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 Mascot Pack pays tribute to the Fuwa, mascots of the Beijing Olympics. The pack comes in five different designs representing "Bei Bei" the blue fish, "Jing Jing" the black panda, "Huan Huan" the red Olympic flame, "Ying Ying" the yellow Tibetian antelope and "Ni Ni" the green swallow. Their names, when pronounced out loud, means "Beijing welcomes you." The pack includes the Vandals Lows, Dunk Lows, Blazer Lows, and Cortez 07. They are already available for advanced order at Kix-Files in G...
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| Spurs' Ginobili To Carry Argentina's Flag At Olympic Opening Ceremony |
| 2008-07-05 11:35:00 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina (AHN) - Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs' has been selected to carry Argentina's flag at the Olympic opening ceremonies at the Beijing Games next month, though his playing status remains uncertain.The NBA's top sixth man in the recently concluded 2007-2008 season has been selected by the country's 19-member Olympic Committee to be Argentina's flagbearer at next month's Olympics.Ginobili, who earlier announced his intention to play for his native country, is still in doubt of suiting up for the 2004 Olympic men's basketball champion, as he is scheduled to undergo an MRI in San Antonio to determine his fitness.The 31-year-old Ginobili sustained an ankle injury during the recent NBA playoffs,...
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| SWIMMING: 41-year-old Torres Makes Olympic Team, Two World Records Fall |
| 2008-07-05 11:33:00 |
OMAHA, Neb. – One world record was broken and another tied Friday at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming. Aaron Peirsol (Irvine, Calif.) tied the world record and qualified in the men’s 200m back, turning in a time of 1:54.32, and Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) broke his own world record and added the 200m IM to his Olympic program with a time of 1:54.80. For Phelps, the 200m IM was his fourth win of the week, after taking the 400m IM, the 200m free and the 200m fly. He has qualified for the Olympics in five events, including the 4x200m free relay.Forty-one year-old Dara Torres (Los Angeles, Calif.) became the oldest U.S. swimmer to ever qualify for an Olympic Games, and the first swimmer to make five Ol...
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| VOLLEYBALL: U.S. Women Block Turkey to Gain World Grand Prix Final Berth |
| 2008-07-05 11:29:00 |
U.S. Women Block Turkey to Gain World Grand Prix Final BerthCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 5, 2008) – The U.S. Women’s National Indoor Volleyball Team used 21 blocks to defeat Turkey 25-16, 25-20, 20-25, 25-17 Saturday afternoon during FIVB World Grand Prix Pool H action at Taipei, Chinese Taipei.The U.S. jumped to a 10-3 lead in the opening set with an 8-1 run and used five blocks and three aces to close out the set 25-16. Team USA led the second set 22-14 with seven blocks in the frame, then withstood a 6-1 run to win 25-20. Turkey used 13 American errors in the third set to win 25-20. Team USA jumped out to a 6...
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| 2008 Olympic Day Run kicks off in Zambia |
| 2008-07-05 11:23:00 |
The event, hailed as "a great moment of sport, solidarity and celebration" by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge in a good-will message, is held annually in Zambia to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games.Speaking at the opening ceremony of the annual event, Chinese Ambassador Li Qiangmin said the Olympics Day Run has helped spread the Olympic ideals across Zambia, adding that it will promote the practice of participation of sports in the African country.The Olympics-themed event came just one month before the forthcoming Olympic Games which is to start on Aug. 8 in Beijing.Li stressed that China is fully prepared for the quadrennial world sporting carnival and is to stage a high-level Olympics with distinctive features."T...
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| 2008-05-21 19:40:00 |
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| Summer Olympics: Beijing 2008 Preview |
| 2008-05-08 11:11:00 |
While the NBA tries to figure out who is the “Best of the Best,” the table was set last Saturday for the World to try and figure out the same. The United States used to walk in to these tournaments as the heavy favorites. The NBA players that were all Americans would dominate the world and usually win games by large double digit amounts.Now, that all is changed. Many other clubs have players who are NBA ready, NBA up and comers, or NBA veterans. Last Saturday, the teams that have qualified were broken down into two groups that will play to qualify for the Olympics playoff. In August during the Beijing Olympics, each team will play five games against the other five teams in their group. The top four teams will move on to play in the quarterfinal round....
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| Beijing Olympic 2008 Theme Song: S.H.E. - Hong Bian Quan Qiu |
| 2008-05-08 10:55:00 |
Various artistes from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong are producing and singing songs for the upcoming Beijing Olympic 2008 in the hope of getting their songs selected to be the official theme song. Some of them like boy band 5566 has 2 songs for this huge event. However, only 24 songs will be featured in the official Beijing Olympic 2008 album and only one of them will be selected to become the official theme song.Popular All Over The World or Hong Bian Quan Qiu by S.H.E. is one of the competing songs. It’s also sung by Jacky Cheung and Wilber Pan Wei Bo....
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| 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay Suppiler: BOC |
| 2008-05-04 13:36:00 |
| BEIJING, Jan. 4 -- Bank of China (BOC) and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) signed an agreement on Friday, officiating BOC as a supplier of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Relay">Torch Relay. BOC Limited's Chairman Xiao Gang and President Li Lihui, BOCOG Executive Vice-President Jiang Xiaoyu, and BOC Executive Vice-President Zhang Yanling attended a signing ceremony at the bank's headquarters in Beijing. According to the agreement, BOC will provide funds and services for the torch relay activities scheduled between March and August 2008. At the ceremony, Jiang Xiaoyu conferred Li Lihui with a torch of the
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| 2008 Beijing Olympics Hotel Rooms Prices Rise 400-1000% |
| 2008-05-04 13:34:00 |
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Quoted prices for hotel stays in Beijing during the summer Olympics has jumped up by four to ten times higher than normal, said China's biggest online booking provider Ctrip.com International Ltd. The travel booking company said on Friday that its online hotel reservation data show that standard hotel rooms in four and five star-ranking hotels during the August Olympics have been nearly booked out. "Only some 20 hotels in Beijing still have rooms available for reservations by foreign tourists during the period. However, mostly probably, only luxury suites are left for them to choose," said Tang Xiaofeng, senior hotel ...
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| 2008 Beijing Olympcis Countdown at Tian'anmen Square |
| 2008-05-04 13:31:00 |
BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday evening at the Countdown Board for The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in front of the National Museum, east of the Tian'anmen Square, to hail the 100 days and 24 hours countdown of the Games. As the clock was ticking down, more than 300 people came to the count-down board to send good wishes to the Beijing Olympics, drawing dozens of Chinese and overseas media to the spot. Some of them were taking pictures and others were practising count-down from ten to one. Police patrolling at the square told Xinhua that there were far more people than usual. Gerald Haman from Chicago, the United States, wearing an emperor costume of Qing Dynasty, told Xinhua that ...
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| Third round of domestic ticket sales to start in May |
| 2008-05-04 13:28:00 |
BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Organizers of the Beijing Olympics announced on Wednesday that the third round of domestic ticket sales will start from May 5 and close on June 9. A total of 1.38 million tickets will be put on sale for 16 sports, including athletics, boxing, basketball, football. Buyers are allowed to purchase a maximum of six tickets _ three tickets each for two session _ but they could buy six more once payment is made. Ticket will be sold on a "first come, first served" basis at Bank of China outlets and on the official ticketing website, Zhu Yan, head of the Olympics ticketing center, told a press conference. "There are roughly 100 days to go before the G...
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| Beijing Olympic torch relay kicks off in Chinese mainland |
| 2008-05-04 13:23:00 |
SANYA, Hainan, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The 2008 Beijing Olympic Relay">torch relay kicked off here Sunday morning, the first leg in Chinese mainland. At the Fire Phoenix Square of the Phoenix Island, China's short track speed skating Olympic champion Yang Yang became the first torchbearer."I felt both excited and nervous to be the first torchbearer in the Chinese mainland," said Yang, the first Chinese gold medalist in the Winter Olympic Games.Yang won two gold medals in the women's 500m and 1,000m short track speed skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games in 2002 to end China's gold drought at the winter Olympics...
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| Lucky China Olympics 2008: Tiananmen Square |
| 2008-05-04 13:18:00 |
Tiananmen Square is no longer considered lucky.After the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, widely known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, China's state controlled communist media said that a student protest had been "disbursed."Unfortunately for China, there were many witnesses to that “disbursal” who lived to tell the tale. I even talked to some who had horror stories of Chinese repression that were easily verified and “fact checked” person to person. These folks were not lying. They were eye witnesses to repression of the harshest kind.So with the bad luck of Tiananmen overshadowing these Summer Games. we looked at several facets of China's national life that seemed "Not Lucky" since the International Olympic Committee announced that Beijing w...
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| 2008 Beijing Olympics Games in 100 Days, Lucky China? |
| 2008-05-04 13:13:00 |
The opening ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics are less than 100 days away and already Chinese people are starting to say hosting the Olympics in China is, perhaps, “Not Lucky.”In a nation and culture obsessed by luck, or as they say, "Good Fortune," it is almost as if China's luck has run out.Fu is one of the most popular Chinese characters used in the Chinese New Year. It means "luck" or "good fortune."It is often posted upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down fu means good luck came since the character for upsite down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for came.To show, in some small way, the depth of China's love for "luck," we offer this. Marking one year unt...
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| Olympic torch Arrive Mainland China at Hainan |
| 2008-05-04 13:06:00 |
The mainland China leg of the Olympic torch relay started in the southern province of Hainan on Sunday on what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.State television showed the start of the torch run in the seaside resort of Sanya. It begins what organizers and ordinary Chinese have promised would be a national tour free of the protests and last-minute route changes that haunted the torch along its international route.The torch relay will wind through every province and region of China before arriving in Beijing several days before the start of the Olympics on Aug. 8.The start of the route was lined with crowds waving the Chinese flag.The first torch carrier was Yang Yang, a gold medalist in short-tra...
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| Beijing Olympic flame arrives in Kuala Lumpur |
| 2008-04-22 10:29:00 |
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The sacred flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on early Sunday arrived in the Malaysia capital of Kuala Lumpur, the 13th leg of its global torch relay. A chartered plane carrying the flame, which was ignited on March 24 in ancient Olympia of Greece, landed on the Kuala Lumpur international airport at local time 02:30 a.m. local time (1830GMT) from Bangkok, capital of Thailand.Jiang Xiaoyu, vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), carried the lantern of the flame and walked off the plane.Upon arrival at the airport, Jiang and the flame received a warm welcome by a cheering crowd, among whom are Deputy preside...
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| Beijing Olympic Flame arrives in Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 2008-04-22 10:25:00 |
The sacred flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on early Tuesday arrived in Indonesian capital of Jakarta, the 14th leg of its global torch relay.A chartered plane carrying the flame, which was ignited on March 24 in ancient Olympia of Greece, landed on the Halim military airport at local time 12:05 a.m. from Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia.Jiang Xiaoyu, vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), carried the lantern of the flame and walked off the plane.Upon arrival at the airport, the flame received a warm welcome by a cheering crowd, among whom are Vice President of the Indonesian National Sports Committee Hen...
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| Olympic flame arrives in Almaty |
| 2008-04-02 06:57:00 |
ALMATY, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The sacred torch relay kicked off as the Beijing Olympic flame arrived in Almaty on Tuesday. The chartered plane of "Olympic flame" landed at 1:10 p.m. local time. The Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG) executive vice president Jiang Xiaoyu carried the flame lantern and made a spell of exhibition at the airport. Chinese ambassador in Kazakhstan and vice mayor of Almaty received the flame delegation. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is to attend the celebration ceremony of the relay. "It's possible for the president Nazarbayev to run as the torchbearer, but it's not for sure yet," said Saken Balbaev, the press center representative. Top Kazak athletes will run the torch relay in bulk, incl...
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| TD-SCDMA 3G Tested by China Mobile for Beijing 2008 |
| 2008-04-02 06:47:00 |
China Mobile, the country's top wireless operator, began trial services of the third generation (3G) mobile phone service on April 1 in eight cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Tianjin.The third generation mobile phone service features a wireless Internet connection to Internet and videophoning capabilities.Two Shanghai locals try out the 3G handsets at an exhibition hall for China Mobile on Tuesday, April 1, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)Customers enjoy a high-speed Internet connection at a TD-SCDMA hall in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on Tuesday, April 1, 2008Guangzhou resident Ding Mei shows her 3G handset, for which she has just opened an account to videophone with other 3G handset users, on Tuesday, April 1, 2...
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| Tibetans protest Beijing Olympics in N.Y. |
| 2008-03-11 00:34:00 |
Tibetans protest the Beijing Olympics on Monday in New York.NEW YORK -- Tibetans shouting "Boycott the Beijing Olympics" marched Monday from City Hall to the United Nations here to protest the games in China's capital in August. "Free Tibet!" shouted men, women and crimson-robed monks carrying red, blue and gold Tibetan flags, the Stars and Stripes and banners depicting the Olympic rings dripping blood. China's communist government invaded Tibet in 1950 and in 2001 won the rights to host the 2008 Summer Games with promises to the International Olympics Committee to improve human rights. The Beijing Olympics will be broadcast in the U.S. by NBC, headquartered at Rockefeller Center...
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| Beijing Tries to Ease Olympic Discomfort |
| 2008-03-11 00:28:00 |
BEIJING - Beijing will compensate car owners barred from driving on city streets during the Olympics and will not totally ban migrants, state media reported Saturday, in signs the government wants to take some of the sting out of restrictions planned for the August games. The government is working on a compensation scheme for car owners during the Games when private cars will be restricted to driving every other day, newspapers and television reports said, citing remarks by Vice Mayor Ji Lin. Ji acknowledged that the city was tightening controls on the swarms of rural migrants in China's capital by stepping up inspections of the permits residents are supposed to have.But "during the Beijing Olympics we will abso...
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| Belarus eyes medal breakthrough at Beijing Olympics |
| 2008-03-11 00:25:00 |
The Belarussian athletes would strive to win more medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics than at the previous Athens games, an official with the Belarussian National Olympic Committee has said. 'We hope the Belarussian athletes could achieve breakthrough in terms of both gold medal and medal total at the 2008 Beijing games,' said Piotr Rabukhin, the press attache of the Belarussian National Olympic Committee. According to Rabukhin, Belarussian athletes would compete in 22 individual sports events during the Aug 8-24 Games. 'The athletes around Belarus are actively preparing for the upcoming Olympics and they are expected to win medals in such events as track and field, Kaya...
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| Lenovo Launches Global Olympic Philanthropic Campaign |
| 2008-03-07 09:50:00 |
February 6, 2008 � To mark the six-month countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, PC company Lenovo, Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Torch Relay and TOP Sponsor of the Olympic Games, today announced a global online philanthropic beginning Feb. 8 in the United Kingdom. Just as the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay will travel around the world, a new Lenovo auction will begin each week in a different country counting down to the Olympic Games. The auction features limited-edition, notebook PCs inspired by the Lenovo-designed Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch. Recently announced torch relay items also designed by Lenovo include the lantern that will carry the flame around the world and the cauldron lit at the end of the relay day in each city. Over the next...
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| PyeongChang Prepares For 2018 Winter Olympic Games Bid |
| 2008-03-07 09:46:00 |
The U-Sports Intelligent System is in operation at the YongPyong ski resort in PyeongChang South Korea. According to a media release the system is named after the word "Ubiquitous" which combines high technology and equipment, RFID technology and USN (Ubiquitous Sensor Network). Jin-sun Kim, Governor of Gangwon Province where PyeongChang is located said, "with the establishment of U-Sport Intelligent System, skiers in PeyongChang are able to enjoy skiing in safe hands. Intensive care for safety and security for the skiers and its proper measures are ready to be applied in time. We will ensure to make this customized service available in every ski resort and venues for PyeongChang's 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter <...
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| Beijing 2008 Olympic Scale Model Torch Unveiled |
| 2008-03-07 09:42:00 |
A scale model of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games torch was unveiled Thursday. The torch is 29 cm in height and is made of steel left over from the construction of the "Bird's Nest". According to Beijing 2008 it's the first 3-D model of an Olympic torch that has been authorized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The licensed model torch has a worldwide limited release of 200,000 and will be available to collectors for 2,900 yuan beginning March 8. ...
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| Peking Olympic Special Trains to Links Cities |
| 2008-03-07 09:38:00 |
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Special trains are to run between Beijing and co-host Olympics cities -- including Hong Kong, Qingdao and Tianjin -- for the convenience of athletes and spectators, a Chinese legislator said Friday. Luo Jinbao, who is also deputy director of the Beijing railway administration, made the remarks on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, the top legislature. Earlier, the government of Qingdao, where the sailing events will be held, said that commuter buses would run between the Qingdao railway station and Olympic venues during the Games. The 2008 Olympic Games run from Aug. 8 to 24 and B...
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| Peking 2008 Olympics Guide: Mobile Phone |
| 2008-03-07 09:13:00 |
Getting a local SIM Card/phone number for your mobile phone A SIM Card from China Mobile Having a local mobile phone number in China can prove very convenient. If you are traveling with others it makes finding each other when you get separated or split up very simple. When I go to a market with someone we invariably become separated and we can easily reconnect. If you are stuck in traffic you can call and tell someone you are late. If you have a taxi driver who doesn't understand you can put him on the phone with a Chinese friend or your hotel. When you arrive at a friend's place but cannot see their door its covenient to ring them. If you order something from a shop they can ring you when its ready. Pe...
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| Olympic Torch Relay History, Peking 2008 |
| 2008-03-07 09:06:00 |
The first runner of Olympic Torch, the young athlete Konstantinos Kondylis Fire is a sacred symbol dating back to prehistoric times. In ancient Greece it symbolized the creation of the world, renewal and light. It was also the sacred symbol of Hephaestus, and a gift to the human race from Prometheus, who stole it from Zeus. At the centre of every city-state in ancient Greece there was an altar with an ever-burning fire and in every home the sacred Flame burned, dedicated to Hestia, goddess of the family. Relay">Torch Relay races started in ancient Greece as religious rituals held at night. Soon they turned into a team athletic event, initially among adolescents, and further developed to b...
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| Beijing Olympic Torch Relay Release |
| 2008-03-07 09:04:00 |
Torchbearer uniforms, the torch and the lantern (BEIJING, January 16) -- The image and look of the Beijing Olympic Relay">torch relay was released at the Beijing Olympic Media Center on Wednesday. Based on the torch, theme slogan, core graphics and colors of the torch relay, the look of the relay was created with the elements of a phoenix pattern and lucky clouds, in conformity with the image and look system of the Beijing Olympic Games. The design has a unique visual effect, notably different from past Olympic Games. Rich with the characteristics of the times, it reflects traditional Chinese culture to the f...
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| Russia 2008 Olympics Team: 900 People |
| 2008-02-03 05:37:00 |
MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia is to send a 900-strong team to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, head of Russian sports bureau Vyacheslav Fetisov said here on Tuesday. "The Russian Olympic delegation has 900 members, including 400 athletes, coaches and medical staffs," Fetisov said. More than 1,000 athletes from 72 regions of Russia are currently preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he said. The Russian team has now won licenses for the participation in 23 individual sports at the upcoming Olympics, he said. "The athlete lists have already been decided for such events as basketball, volleyball, free wrestling, gymnastics, eurythmics and track-and-field," Fetisov said. Fetisov said earlier that Russia is expected to win 38 to 40 gold m...
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| 2008 Beijing Olympics to Be Greatest One in History, Britsh PM |
| 2008-02-03 05:32:00 |
BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- "This is going to be the greatest Olympic Games ever," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday morning when visiting the National Stadium, the main venue of the Beijing Olympic Games. "This is going to be the greatest Olympic Games ever," Brown said after coming out of the stadium, "I'm flattered that British design has been involved in it... for the athletes, it's going to be great, for the public, it's going to be wonderful." "A great stadium, a huge project by the people of Beijing, a great contribution by China to world peace and prosperity, because the theme of the Games is 'one world, one dream'," Brown told reporters. Brown is the first foreigner to be allowed into the National Stadium, nicked-named...
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| 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Cultural Squares |
| 2008-02-03 05:31:00 |
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Olympic">Beijing Olympics organizers plan to set up 26 cultural squares across the city where local citizens and visitors can enjoy the greatest sporting event on Earth. Big screens are to be erected at each of the squares to relay live broadcasts of the Olympic Games, and various performances and exhibitions, Olympic-themed souvenir exchanges will also be held at the squares. People have free access to these squares which will operate from June 23 to the close of the Paralympic Games in September, said the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Games (BOCOG). "These squares wil...
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| "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Swimming China |
| 2008-02-03 05:28:00 |
"Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Swimming China Open in Beijing, Feb. 2, 2008. Zhang Lin won the gold medal in the event with a time of 3 minutes and 45.04 seconds, while Sun Yang took silver and Korzeniowski the bronze. Chinese athlete Xue Ruipeng（C) takes the start of the men's 100m breaststroke final at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Swimming China Open in Beijing, Feb. 2, 2008. Xue Ruipeng placed the fourth in the event with a time of 1 minute and 03.37 seconds. Japan's Ryo Tateishi（C） gestures to thank photographers taking photos for him after the awarding ceremony for the men's 100m breaststroke final at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Swimming China Open in Beijing, Feb. 2, 2008. Tateish...
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| Ticket Sales of Beijing Olympics: 10th Dec for Second Phase |
| 2007-12-04 08:38:00 |
(BEIJING, November 30) -- The second phase of ticket sales for the Beijing Olympic Games will begin December 10 and conclude on December 30, 2007. A lottery system similar to that used in the first phase will also apply for this phase, BOCOG Ticketing Center Director Zhu Yan announced on Friday.The Chinese mainland public can submit applications through the official ticketing website (www.ticket.beijing2008.cn) or through 1,000 Bank of China outlets designated by BOCOG, he told those at a press conference at the Beijing Olympic Media Center.The public may contact the ticket call center to obtain relevant information, but the center will not accept applicati...
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| Beijing New Major 9 months Ahead of Olympic Games |
| 2007-12-04 08:35:00 |
BEIJING (AFP) — China's Communist Party has picked a new mayor for Beijing just nine months ahead of the Olympic Games, state media reported on Friday.Guo Jinlong, 60, the party secretary of eastern Anhui province, has been named to take over from current mayor Wang Qishan, said the Beijing Daily.During a speech to the city party leaders on Thursday, Guo pledged to do his best to deliver a well-managed Games, the newspaper said.It added that Guo, who was born in eastern Nanjing province, would use his "clear head and a clear-cut stand" to steer the capital towards greater achievements in the future.However, his appointment -- he is a stranger to the capital -- is expected to have little...
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