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The video was uploaded at YouTube on 30 July 2008, but was deleted soon after its upload. However, several additional videos have been uploaded by other users. [ 59 ] The Organizing Committee investigated the unauthorized filming, [ 60 ] and on 6 August 2008, banned SBS cameras inside the stadium during the ceremony as reprisals for the leak.
Usain Bolt won the men's 200 m in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds to become the first sprinter since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win both the 100 m and 200 m events in a single Olympiad, and the first sprinter since Don Quarrie in 1976 to hold the world records for both events simultaneously.
The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. [4] [5] The 2008 Games also set numerous world and Olympic records, and were the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time, and the second most expensive overall, after the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
American country music band Highway 101 has released eight studio albums and seventeen singles. The band's first release was the 1986 single "Some Find Love", which was withdrawn due to the band members disliking its sound. [1]
The men's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 20–23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] Fifty-eight athletes from 40 nations competed. [ 2 ] The qualifying standards were 1:46.00 (A standard) and 1:47.00 (B standard). [ 3 ]
Olympic songs and anthems are adopted officially by International Olympic Committee (or by official broadcasters and partners selected by IOC), to be used prior to the Olympic Games and to accompany the games during the event.
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Highway 101 was an American country music band founded in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The initial lineup consisted of Paulette Carlson (lead vocals), Jack Daniels (guitar), Curtis Stone (bass guitar, vocals), and Scott "Cactus" Moser (drums).