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The Olympics are now over, but my adventures continue. You can continue following my travels in Asia here.
Posted on 17 October 2008 | 1:17 am
The opening ceremony for the Paralympics was held last night in Beijing. The ceremony was spectacular but perhaps not on the scale of the ceremony for the Beijing Olympics. Most of the show was performed by people with disabilities, including Li Yue, who lost her left leg in the Sichuan earthquake and performed [...]
Posted on 6 September 2008 | 7:44 pm
The Beijing Paralympics are just a day away from starting. Here are some pictures from Tiananmen Square which has some pretty impressive floral displays on show now.
Posted on 4 September 2008 | 8:59 pm
Posted on 4 September 2008 | 7:47 pm
The ticket scammers who defrauded people by selling non-existent tickets through the internet are getting ready for the Vancouver and London Olympics. “I was shocked by the brilliance and hard work of the thieves fleecing the Olympic family — and they are setting up to do the same thing in Vancouver in 2010 and London in [...]
Posted on 2 September 2008 | 8:23 pm
Beijing did a lot to improve the air quality leading up to the Beijing Olympics, with mixed results. The days before the opening ceremony were pretty bad, but a burst of rain cleared the air and pollution became less of a talking point. Almost straight after the closing ceremony the hazy skies returned. A [...]
Posted on 1 September 2008 | 3:56 am
Beijing recorded 6.52 million visitors for the 2008 Olympics, with 382,000 of those coming from overseas. Authorities long estimated that 500,000 foreigners would visit the city, but tougher visa controls reduced that number. The Xinhua news agency reported that tourist spots in the city reported total revenues of 162 million yuan (US$23 million), according to [...]
Posted on 31 August 2008 | 8:34 pm
To the athletes tonight: You were true role models. You have shown us the unifying power of sport. The Olympic spirit lives in the warm embrace of competitive rivals from nations in conflict. Keep that spirit alive when you return home. These were truly exceptional Games! (Source: Dr Jacques Rogge, Chairman of the International Olympic [...]
Posted on 24 August 2008 | 4:39 pm
The fireworks are still going on over Beijing tonight as the Olympics comes to a close. The closing ceremony wasn’t as long as the first one and not as spectacular, but still very well done. We had a short section to mark the handover of the Olympics from Beijing to London. London’s mayor [...]
Posted on 24 August 2008 | 7:16 am
The closing ceremony has gotten under away. The introduction was interesting, perhaps people will say it is a little “North Korean’esque”. The athletes are entering the stadium and I can only imagine the thrill it must be to be able to walk into the stadium at the end of the games. [...]
Posted on 24 August 2008 | 5:32 am
The winner of the Gold Medal: Team from Romania
The winner of the Silver Medal: Team from United States
The winner of the Bronze Medal: Team from Netherlands
what actually happened to the aussie crew here? i heard someone got sick and stopped rowing. does anyone know who or what happened?
Posted by: rowing fan at August 22, 2004 07:39 PMone of the Aussie rowers dropped her oar with 100m to go...thats what I've gathered so far.
Posted by: Darren at August 22, 2004 10:12 PMWatching a report on it now - one of the athletes stopped rowing - Sally Robins - out of exhaustion. Dropped the oar.
Posted by: Darren at August 22, 2004 10:17 PMHi Sally,
I feel sorry for you you did your best well done.
Hope i can see you sometime.
From Emily Barnard
PS I am 11 years old
Posted by: Emily Barnard at August 25, 2004 07:06 PMHy Romania!!.We are the best.You won a lot of medals so far.Good luck.I'm from Cluj-Napoca.
Posted by: dany at August 28, 2004 06:48 PMSally Robins gave up a few hundred metres before the end of the her race. This is not the first time for the Australian Rower she has been known to do this on two other occasions. Sally Robins was not fit to row in this race and certainly should not have been chosen to represent Australia in the Women's Eight. Australia has many other women who are more qualified, capable and driven to represent us.
Posted by: Rodney at August 29, 2004 08:00 AMlook Sally robins tried her best at the olympics and it isn't her fault that she couldn't finish it coz if you relly watched the game you would have seen that she tried her best and that was all she could do.so just think how she offered her time and strength to compete in the olympics and compete for her own country.
from jess.
P.S Australia rocks!!!!
Posted by: jess at August 31, 2004 09:11 AMyeah romania did a great job in the olympics im rooting for you guys
kiip up the great work and peace
how many people dream of represanting their country at olympic level, i bet that when sally robbins stopped rowing both in the world championships in 2002 and the 2004 games, there were plenty talented women rowers out there who could have taken her spot and dont suffer from these so called "panic/anxiety" attacks. Why wasent it documented and taken into consideration by selectors during selection of our olympic rowers.
Posted by: Sara at September 2, 2004 10:08 AMi love sally robins please just let it be and let me just love her and leave me the hell alone
ps there after me !!!! those men in white coats
Posted by: Tim Walker at September 3, 2004 02:24 PMwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee woot woot
Posted by: tim walker at September 3, 2004 02:29 PMi love rowan pinkerton and am glad to express my homosexuality
Posted by: Marcus at September 3, 2004 02:43 PMi hate all australians! im a homosexual who loves rowan pinkerton and likes teddy bears
Posted by: Tim Walker at September 3, 2004 02:48 PMi love rowan and marcus so so much i just want to be with them forever and ever if they knew how i felt i could live in prosperity.
P.s. i love car\
Posted by: rob at September 3, 2004 02:51 PMAUSTRALIA RULES!
But is too caught up in this rowing affair. Why can't we just move on and forget the past. The poor girl has probably suffered enough over this issue. Just leave her alone.
Bob
I agree with Bob.
Posted by: luk at September 4, 2004 03:25 PMI, also agree with Bob. Don't get too concerned with sport and then blame others for a loss.
Jes
Fair enough we should give her a break but, she was representing australia at an OLYMPIC level. There are so many australian women rowers who are capable of such a race.
NO one deserves to go the olympics to cop out in a TEAM effort. If your in a team, you stick with that team till the very end. If she wasn't 'phycologically ready' for the race, then why the hell did the selectors put her in... this is clearly not fair for anyone but herself... probably the only person who she thinks about
Just remeber Sally, there are no i's in team.
sally robins had stopped rowing before in a championship. why send her to the olympics? She had a past of stopping. Think of her team mates. They had every rite to be angry. They train extremely hard for four years and they get out at the olympics and were doing a great job. 100 metres to go and one of their team mates drops an oar and stops rowing. She didn't only stop rowing but she layed down on the captain and stoped her rowing. It was such a disgrace.
Posted by: jess at September 5, 2004 08:14 AMThis is in relation to Sally Robbins' attack of exhaustion. I believe there is a serious problem with Australia when:
1. it is fully acceptable to publicly state that you are not sorry for the mass-genocide committed by our ancestors on the natives of this country
2. it is totally UNacceptable to put down an oar in a wave of extreme exhaustion.
The clear message stated is - multiculturalism, arts, racial tolerance, diversity ect. are all fine and good, but DO NOT, however, EVER fail at sport. We need to reconfigure this national pastime.
sally robbins is a mole n should not have stopped its very very un-australin!!!!
Posted by: rhi at November 16, 2004 03:18 PMNo excuse whatsoever. If one of my crew mates were to hold me back from winning a medal or doing well at the Olympics I doubt I would ever talk to them again. Full time rowing takes huge sacrifices (of course there are glorious moments too) but, if what I have read is true and she has done this before, and there was a risk that she may do it again then she should have been put in a single scull so she could let only herself down and not 8 other olympic finalists. The womens coach has a lot to answer for too.
Posted by: Ron at November 20, 2004 04:01 AM
