The 2008 Olympic rowing competition has reached its climax over the past two days with a total of 14 gold medals awarded - eight to the men and six to the women. Most decorated rower Looking back to the Olympic history of rowing, seven was the magic number as far as Romania’s Elisabeta...
The e-journal “Olympic Express” the IOC is running on www.olympic.org in collaboration with the French number one sports newspaper “L’Équipe”, and its special outlet “L’Équipe junior” for a younger audience, is reaching out to a large world-wide audience that obviously...
Latest Headlines
- Beijing 2008 Olympic Youth Campers bid farewell at closing ceremony
- Sticking their oars in to supreme effect
- World-wide readers love “Olympic Express”
- Record women’s participation
- Badminton: Asia continues to dominate
- Participation is the most important thing
- Coca-Cola exhibits art bottles
- Olympic Fine Arts 2008 opens in Beijing
- Nice to meet you, Zhang Jiayu
- Beijing 2008: GE and their bright ideas for the 2008 Games
- The 2008 Beijing Games also focus on French
- Fencing: Duellists take centre stage
- Cultural Guide Beijing 2008
- Jackie Chan visits ‘China Story’ Houses
- Photos: Chinese traditions add new vigor to Olympic culture
Olympic News
Record women’s participationWith more than 42 per cent female athletes, Beijing sets a new record for women’s participation in Olympic Games. Out...
Badminton: Asia continues to dominateBadminton crowned its women’s singles champion, Zhang Ning of China as well as its men’s doubles champions, Kido Markis...
Interesting Stories
OYC members enjoy Beijing Happy ValleyOYC members watch a competition.Photo Gallery(BEIJING, August 13) — On August 13, 481 Beijing 2008 … Read More →
OYC members plant trees of friendship at the Great WallCampers tie cards with their best wishes on the trees they plant.Photo Gallery(BEIJING, August 16) -… Read More →
Fun Facts
Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesCheck out the Mascots for the Beijing 2008 Olympic games at the “Official Website of the Beijing 2008″ Olympics“....