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Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. This was the fifth Olympics for Driulys González (Cuba), Mária Pekli (Australia), Ryoko Tamura-Tani (Japan).
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
[6] [7] The opening ceremony was lauded by spectators and numerous international presses as spectacular, spellbinding, and by many accounts, "the greatest ever in the history of Olympics". [8] [9] [10] Beijing hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics, making it the first city ever to host both the Summer and Winter Games.
This week, Beijing will become the first city in the world to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The 2008 Summer Games were a spectacular celebration, a sort of coming-out party for ...
Road to Redemption was a 2008 sports documentary presented by Nike that follows the Men's USA Basketball Team as it prepared for the Beijing Olympics. The documentary included behind-the-scenes footage of the team, how they trained, and what was expected of them at the Olympics. Five episodes were broadcast from July 2, 2008 to August 5, 2008. [1]
The Men's 10,000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 1.60 seconds. The race was dominated by the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams along with Tadese of Eritrea. With 200m remaining, Bekele pulled away from the rest of the field with a final lap
2008 Summer Olympics; IOC code: JOR: NOC: Jordan Olympic Committee: Website: www.joc.jo (in English and Arabic) in Beijing; Competitors: 7 in 5 sports: Flag bearers : Zeina Shaban (opening) Nadin Dawani (closing) Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0: Summer Olympics appearances
Just in case you thought only AT&T and DirecTV are the only ones lining up HD video on-demand offerings for the Olympics (scheduled to kick off tomorrow with women's soccer ahead of the August 8 ...