Early 2008 Olympic Prognosticators

January 5, 2008

Jonathan and Ross at "The Science of Sport " have put in some of their early predictions for several track events at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Only time will tell how accurate their predictions are.

Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

January 4, 2008

Check out the Mascots for the Beijing 2008 Olympic games at the “Official Website of the Beijing 2008″ Olympics“. Mascots of the 2008 Olympic Games

Olympic Marathon set for Tiananmen Square

January 3, 2008

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China is planning on starting both the men’s and the woman’s marathon at Tiananmen Square and end at the Olympic stadium. Read more

Olympics and media changes in China

January 2, 2008

A recent Reuters article speaks about Chinas efforts to have more journalistic freedoms in China as the 2008 Olympic Games draw closer this year. China must balance between their usual keep everything under the covers and only let out what they deem appropriate and using this once in a lifetime chance to expose the world to their “5,000 year of splendid Chinese history”. Read more here in the Reuters article by Ben Blanchard.