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Li Ning lights the cauldron! After months of speculation over who would light the cauldron, Yao Ming, Liu Xiang, it was 1984 Los Angeles gymnast Li Ning. Li Ning won 6 medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, including 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals, and a bronze medal. He went on to [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 9:17 am
Table tennis player Zhang Yining gave the athlete’s oath at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Huang Liping gave the referee’s oath.
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 8:54 am
I really don’t know the background to this, but I heard people talking about this while the opening ceremony was on. I did notice that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looked a bit agitated in the stand. “All day today, they’ve been bombing Georgia from numerous warplanes and specifically targeting (the) civilian population, and [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 8:47 am
I am watching the parade of countries now. The opening ceremony was pretty spectacular. I was kind of busy watching our website, following Twitter and reading comments coming into the site to really appreciate it. I will have to watch it all again at a later stage. Probably not too surprisingly we have [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 7:06 am
It’s just 30 minutes to go before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics starts. China has waited 7 years just for this moment, putting up with the hassles and restrictions - I hope they think it was worth it. I started this blog 3 years ago, so it is amazing now to think I [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 4:35 am
I have been trying to avoid writing about the different protests going on in Beijing. There haven’t been a lot as security is so tight, but the ones did take place got headlines from media around the world. This one however, is slightly more bizarre. An American pastor checked into the Novotel Peace Hotel [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 3:34 am
There has been no improvement in the sky today for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. It is a little disappointing, but I am sure it won’t affect the opening ceremony too much. It could be worse. “The weather conditions today aren’t conducive to the dispersal of pollutants,” said Guo Hu, [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 2:09 am
I previously wrote what the Olympic opening ceremony program will look like, but didn’t mention times. Here are some more specifics on the actual times for the program. 8:08 PM Beijing (London 1:05 PM, New York 8:05 AM, Sydney 10:05 PM) 90 minute show featuring 14,000 performers and present China’s long history of 5,000 years. [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 1:43 am
I have been the one typing away at my keyboard, adding information and articles to this website, but I do have a partner in New Zealand, Regan, who put together the fantastic design and various features to this website, including our live medal table. While Regan was busy with the website he had to [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 1:11 am
AP did an interview with Lopez Lomong just after he was selected carry the flag for the United States. Even though he wasn’t born in the country I think his story is inspirational and can bring hope to anyone suffering in the world. It is what the Olympics is all about. “It’s more than [...]
Posted on 8 August 2008 | 12:49 am
Hockey at the Athens Olympic will take place between 14th - 17th August at the Olympic Hockey Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex.
Keep up to date with the latest Olympic Hockey News in our Hockey News Archives.
12 Men's teams and 10 Women's teams will compete at the Athens Olympics for Gold. In Men's competition India, Pakistan, The Netherlands, Korea and Australia are tipped to compete for Medals whilst in the Women's draw Australia will defend it's Gold Medal from Sydney against improving teams from Spain, Germany and Japan.
All the Results and Medals will be reported at:
Men's Hockey
Women's Hockey
In the mean time keep up to date with the latest Olympic Hockey News in our Hockey News Archives.
Sunday, August 15
12:00 AM
Men's Preliminaries
Monday, August 16
12:00 AM
Women's Preliminaries
Tuesday, August 17
12:00 AM
Men's Preliminaries
Wednesday, August 18
12:00 AM
Women's Preliminaries
Thursday, August 19
12:00 AM
Men's Preliminaries
Friday, August 20
12:00 AM
Women's Preliminaries
Saturday, August 21
12:00 AM
Men's Preliminaries
Sunday, August 22
12:00 AM
Women'sPreliminaries
Monday, August 23
12:00 AM
Men's Preliminaries
The Netherlands, which won the men's gold medal in Sydney, is one of the top teams in Pool B, along with eight-time gold medalist India and Australia, which won bronze in 2000. Germany is a power in men's Pool A, along with three-time gold medalist Pakistan. On the women's side, Australia won gold at the last two Olympics. The United States did not qualify.
you need some info on the athletes in the 2004 olympic games
Posted by: Emma at August 7, 2004 04:20 PMHey I am such a big fan of the Olympic Games. but i have one question. What are some of the Australian athletes names that will be doing weightlifting, judo and boxing?
From your no. fan Denise
Posted by: Denise at August 9, 2004 05:04 PMTo Emily Halliday my name is Daniel i am 10 years old and i go to St.Andrews primary school and i like to ask you a few qeustions i want to ask you How is it in the Olympics?Have you won any medals?How is your team? and did you live your dream?
Posted by: Daniel at August 17, 2004 12:47 PMgood but not in zoom. check its zoom and make it readable.
thanks
I am a big fan of yours miki
Posted by: Melanie Twitt at September 5, 2004 09:22 PM
