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Written by Stephanie
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
Will be updated daily, Nick Rogers Bloody Well Came Through!!!
WAY TO GO CHRIS HOY, 3 GOLDS!!!!!@#!
We have:
GOLD - Rebecca Adlington, Womens Swimming 400m Freestyle
GOLD - Rebecca Adlington, Womens 800m Swimming Freestyle
GOLD - Nicole Cooke, Womens Road Cycling
GOLD - Rebecca Romero, Womens Cycling Individual Pursuit
GOLD - Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff, Mens Track Cycling Team Sprint
GOLD - Bradley Wiggins, Mens Cycling Individual Pursuit
GOLD - Chris Hoy, Mens Track Cyling Keirin
GOLD - Chris Hoy, Mens Track Cycling Sprint
GOLD - Bradley Wiggins, Mens Track Cycling Individual Pursuit
GOLD - Victorian Pendelton Womens Track Cycling Sprint
GOLD - Tom James, Peter Reed,Andy Triggs-Hodge, Steve Williams, Mens Rowing Fours
GOLD - Mark Hunter, Zack Purchase, Men's Rowing Double Scull (Lightweight)
GOLD - Ben Ainslie, Mens Sailing Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
GOLD - Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson, Womens Sailing Keelboat (Yngling)
GOLD - Paul Goodison, Mens Sailing Laser
GOLD - Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson, Mens Sailing Star
GOLD - Christine Ohuruogu, Womens Athletics 400m Sprint
SILVER - Emma Pooley, Womens Road Cycling Individual Time Trails
SILVER - Wendy Houvenaghel, Womens Track Cycling Individual Pursuit
SILVER - Edgar Ross, Mens Track Cycling Keirin
SILVER - Jason Kenny, Mens Track Cycling Sprint
SILVER - David Florence, Mens Rowing C-1 Slalom (Single Canoe)
SILVER - Alex Partridge, Tom Stallard, Tom Lucy, Richard Eginton, Josh West, Alastair Heathcote, Matt Langridge, Colin Smith, Acer Nethercott Mens Rowing Eight
SILVER - Deborah Flood, Katherine Grainger, Frances Houghton, Annie Vernon, Womens Rowing Quadruple Scull
SILVER - Nick Rogers, Joe Glanfield, Mens Sailing 470
SILVER - Keri-Anne Payne, Womens Swimming 10km Marathon
SILVER - David Davies, Mens Swimming 10km Marathon
SILVER - Germaine Mason, Mens Athletics High Jump
BRONZE - Joanne Jackson, Womens Swimming 400m Freestyle
BRONZE - Cassandra Patten, Womens Swimming 10km Marathon
BRONZE - Tasher Danvers, Womens Athletics 400m Hurdles
BRONZE - Anna Bebington, Elise Laverick, Womens Rowing Double Scull
BRONZE - Steven Rowbotham, Matthew Wells, Mens Rowing Double Scull
BRONZE - Bryony Shaw, Womens Sailing RS:X
BRONZE - Tina Cooke, Womens Individual Equestrian Eventing
BRONZE - Tina Cooke, Daisy Dick, William Fox-Pitt, Sharon Hunt, Mary King, Mixed Team Equestrian Eventing
BRONZE - Steven Burke, Mens Track Cycling Individual Pursuit
BRONZE - Chris Newton, Mens Track Cycling Points Race
BRONZE - Louis Smith, Mens Artistic Gymnastics Pommel Horse
We should not underestimate how well Nicole Cooke did. Experienced Tour de France Mens riders couldn't even FINISH the race in the Chinese weather.
YAY for Rebecca Adlington, TWO GOLDS in swimming!!!!
And proof the British still have might in the water, there are 31 Team GB members from rowing and sailing specialties walking around with medals, well done peoples.
Rest of the results here
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 August 2008 )
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North Korea and South Korea refuse to enter the Opening Ceremony Together |
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Written by chris
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Thursday, 07 August 2008 |
Korean peninsula seems to be heating up again after several South Korean workers expelled from the north-south friendly city of Kumgang prompting north and south korean officials refusing to let there teams march together at the 2008 Beijing Games.
It was the straw that broke the camel's back after numerous "accidents" and suspicious murders of South Korean visitors in Kumgang this year.
A bit of background on Korea though. Officially Pyongyang is the capital of Korea however the country divided in 1953 and splitting into two independent states. Seoul is the capital in the south. The cold war between the two states continues even today.
South Korea however continues to aid and help the communist north despite its dummy spits and because of the latest tantrum they cannot seem to agree to walk into the Summer Games together as an attempt to reconcile like we saw in 2004.
However there are over 320 Korean athletes entering the games. The majority from the south.
BBC are running a couple of great articles found here and here
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 August 2008 )
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Whos taking bets? Olympic Gold for china |
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Written by chris
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 |
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Home town advantage is likely to return high profits for bookies when the games get underway.
In this multi-connected world people are placing bets on outcomes of the Beijing games all across the globe. People are betting on the record amount of medals china is likely to win in addition to other outcomes like Liu Xiang winning the 110 meter hurdles. One prestigious university maths team predicting China to win up to 45 which would be a new record for our hosts.
If we recall back to any of the Olympic games over the last 50 years one will see an outstanding trend particularly in the countries that are hosting. They seem to do very well.
More news here
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 August 2008 )
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Gorillaz to produce music to the Olympic games |
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Written by chris
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Monday, 28 July 2008 |
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Those crazy guys from the Gorillaz are to produce the music on BBC's Olympics coverage.
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are creating the title sequences for the channel's coverage of the Beijing Olympics and hopefully produce an official Team GB theme.
"Monkey and the characters will travel across China to Beijing," Hewlett explained. "While they will use magical powers to fight off various monsters and demons, they'll also use all sorts of Olympic sports as well. So Monkey might use gymnastic powers, Pigsy will be hurdling and Sandy uses tae kwon do."
I think we can agree this will be a light hearted production of which you can find out more here
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