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A virtual museum of sports logos, uniforms and historical items. It covers the highlights of the swimming with heavy feature on micheal phelps, but also features others who achieved success, ryam locte, rebecca soni, jason lezak, aron piersol etc. The centrepiece of the 2008 summer olympics was the beijing national stadium, nicknamed the birds nest because of its nestlike skeletal structure. Mens basketball team represented the united states of america at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing, china. Jul 14, 2001 international olympic committee awards 2008 summer games to beijing. Team usa faced spain in the basketball final of the olympic games 2008 in beijing. Basketball at the 2008 summer olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official olympic medal event. The official video game of the olympic games, players will embrace the competitive spirit of the world s most prestigious sporting event and represent their country as they compete for the highest honorthe gold medal. Relive the full mens basketball final from the 2008 summer olympic games in beijing. Full schedule of all the 2008 summer olympics events from beijing,china on.
She defended her gold medal title in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 london olympics, becoming the first woman to win the event at two consecutive olympics. Nike unveils team usas 2008 beijing footwear and apparel. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. They qualified for the olympics by winning the fiba american championships 2007 held in las vegas, nevada. Other 2008 summer olympic games champions from archery to wrestling. A wave of a suicide bombings and police shootings left eight people dead in western china yesterday, as uighur islamic separatists attempted to steal global attention from the beijing olympics. Russia stripped of womens 4x100m relay gold medal from beijing olympics.
It promised to be an incredibly exciting match, and after only grabbing the bronze medal in 2004, the redeem. The 2008 summer olympics, officially known as the games of the xxix olympiad, were celebrated in beijing, peoples republic of china from august 8 to august 24. Oct 03, 2015 basketball in china is website dedicated to providing news, information an articles related to basketball in china. Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. Beijing olympic venues abandoned, rotting and forgotten. Beijing also implemented an improved waste processing system throughout the city in preparation for the olympics that still benefits the city today. The 2008 olympic basketball tournaments were held at the beijing aolinpike lanqiuguan, or the olympic basketball gymnasium, which was also known as the beijing wukesong indoor stadium, which was built specifically for the 2008 olympics. Beijing olympics 2008 these athletic games bring together those athletes at the top of dozens of summer sports, from swimming and diving to badminton and. Beijing 2008 basketball men olympic beijing 2008 basketball. The torch relay was the most international in olympic history, as the flame travelled to every continent as well as the peak of mount everest.
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