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Video: Beijing Olympics 2008 Closing Ceremony Highlights
Original at Veoh
• Thu, Mar 26
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, is a major ... www.veoh.com
Video: Tokyo Olympiad - The opening ceremony of 1964 Olympics (2/2)Original at YouTube
• Tue, Sep 9
By rss@youtube.com (whitehope5) This is a 1965 documentary film directed by Kon Ichikawa which documents the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Author: whitehope5 Keywords: Olympic 1964 Tokyo Japan Summer Color Added: September 9, 2008
Video: Beijing Olympics 2008 Closing Ceremony HighlightsOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Aug 24
By rss@youtube.com (swass1000) The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event which is being held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 (except football, which started on August 6) to August 24, 2008. A total of 10,500 athlet...
Video: GOOD: Lords of the RingsOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Aug 12
By rss@youtube.com (GOODMagazine) The Japanese have a yen for the gold medal in Judo. Fencing has been an idée fixe for the French. In honor of the XXIX Olympiad, we take a look at a few Olympic events and the countries that love them. Keywords: GOOD Magazine Olympics Bejing Baseball Martial Arts Badminton Boxing Fencing Judo
Video: The 2008 Beijing Olympics - Opening CeremonyOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Aug 10
By rss@youtube.com (pilipinasmabuhay100) The Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony in Pictures. Officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the 2008 Beijing Olympics started on Saturday, August 9, 2008 after the grand and spectacular Opening Ceremony on Friday. The Beijing Olympics will end on the 24th of August, 2008 follo...
Opinion: Giles Slade: The Winter Olympics -- Cough -- Welcomes You
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Jul 13
By Giles Slade Anyway, I want you to enjoy our Olympiad. Please, tolerate our small town attitudes with Jon Stewart's or even Steven Colbert's good American humor (which, up here of course, is spelled with a 'u'). HUMOUR, eh? Canada-style. Learn to love it. More on Canada
Olympics -- Opening Ceremonies
Original at The Huntsville Times
• Tue, Aug 12
By Mark McCarter BEIJING -- The XXIX Olympiad is under way. It's a sultry, sweaty evening inside the Bird's Nest, the National Stadium, and it's more than a little spine-chilling. Fireworks have started, lights are flashing and it's gorgeous. And I'm going to... BEIJING -- The XXIX Olympiad is under way. It's a s...
Compare the Olympics of Beijing 2008, Seoul 1988 and Berlin 1936
Original at chinaview (WordPress)
• Sun, Aug 10
By chinaview The Calgary Herald: China’s un-Olympic human rights record Calgary Herald, Canada, Saturday, August 09, 2008- In the lead-up to the Summer Olympic Games in China, comparisons have been made between the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, the Games of the XI Olympiad in Berlin in 1936...