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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
Sailing at the Athens Olympics will be held between the 14th - 28th August at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre.
American Paul Cayard, one of the world's best sailors, will compete in his first Olympics at age 45 in the Star Class after beating Mark Reynolds, the defending gold medalist and a four-time Olympian, at trials. The high-performance 49er, with retractable wings and the crew hiked out in trapezes, made a splashy debut at Sydney in 2000 and is sure to be one of the most interesting classes again. The Yngling - pronounced "ING-ling" - makes its Olympic debut 37 years after being designed by a Norwegian. Finn Class will include an intramural scrum among three members of Team New Zealand's America's Cup crew - skipper Dean Barker, a native Kiwi; navigator Kevin Hall, an American; and Ben Ainslie of Great Britain. Ainslie won the Laser Class gold in 2000 and silver in 1996.
There is a total of eleven Gold Medals up for grabs in Olympic Sailing competition - four in Men's competition, four in women's and three in Open (mixed) competition. Results and Medal Winners will be added to the pages listed below as they come to hand. In the mean time keep up with the latest Sailing news in our Sailing News Archives.
What boat does Gary Boyd Sail in?
Posted by: Taylor Westlake at August 10, 2004 04:37 PMI am interested to watch the Olympic Sailing coverage, but don't have access to NBC's "Bravo" channel. Can you recommend am alternate way to see the sailing? Possibly through the internet?
Thank you,
John
