OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING 2008
The Olympic Games are the games held on world wide basis, and the Olympic Games are also termed as The Olympics or The Games. The multiple sports events that are organized in the Olympic Games are broken down into summer and winter games sporting events.
Both the summer games and winter games are organized every four years. Before the 1992 these two summers and winter sporting events were organized in the same years but later on they were started separately.
The International Olympic committee for the Olympic Games was founded in 1894 on the proposal of a French gentleman. The very first Olympic game was organized in 1896 as summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The participants began to increase after the launch of this committee.
BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES
Beijing 2008 olympic games also called the XXIX olympiad. The beijing 2008 olympic games starts from 8 august to 24 august 2008 total 17 days event. 2008 beijing olympic is going to becomes a big celebration of sports.
Beijing China was elected for 2008 Olympic games on 13 july 2001 at the 112 IOC session in moscow. The comission's members/team is confident that the beijing china could organise an excellent games. At the time of selection the competitor was Torento, Paris, Osaka and Istanbul. "One World One Dream" is the salogan of this 2008 beijing olympics games.
OLYMPIC GAMES 2008
Following are the three main theme for 2008 beijing olympic games-
High tech olympic games
Green olympic games and
People's olympic games
Ancient Olympic Games
The Ancient Olympic was not just like the modern olympics, it was different in some prospectives. There were fewer sports in the Ancient Olympics and certain atheletes who can spoke Greek were eligible to compete in the Games. And also, that Olympic games was played only in Olympia.
Modern Olympic Games
Modern Olympic Games was started on 6 April in the year of 1896 at Athens. King George I of Greece inaugurated the game with his words "I hereby proclaim the opening of the first International Olympic Games at Athens." The Modern Olympic Gameswas started in the newly reconstructed Panathenean Stadium of Athens, Greece. The idea of this Modern Summer Olympic Games was given by Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was basically from france and to fulfill his dream he travelled across the world to gather the support of world wide nations to participate in this event.
PARIS, FRANCE
The city of Lights hosted the Games in 1900 and again in 1924. However, the monumental nature of the Games were downplayed to such an extent that the events were spread over five months, and many athletes died without knowing they ever participated in the Olympics! Woman made their first appearance, and tennis player Charlotte Cooper of and Great Britain was the first Olympic woman champion. In 1924, the Olympic motto ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ was adopted, as was the closing ceremony ritual of raising the flag of the Olympic Committee, the host nation and the next host nation. If you are there, a good idea is to walk to the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral for an unmatched view this historic city.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
The first games to be held in the southern hemisphere were hosted in Melbourne in 1956, but Australia’s quarantine laws, which were too sever to allow the entry of foreign horses, meant that all the equestrian events had to be held separately in Stockholm! This is the only time in the Games existence that ‘unity of time and place’ as stipulated in the Charter, was not observed. For the first time, athletes of all nations entered the stadium together during the closing by ceremony as a symbol unity- a suggestion offered by schoolboy John lan Wing. Today, there’s something for everyone in the ‘world most livable city’: galleries, museums, festivals, and world cuisine!
ATHENS, GREECE
In 1896, the ancient Olympics were reborn in Athens, nearly 1,500 years after the last games were staged on the plains of Olympia. Only 14 nations participated in this enthusiastic revival, which was devoid of the rituals that define the Olympics today –there was no Athletes ‘Oath, or lighting of the flame, and when American James Connolly won the triple jump and became the first Olympic champion in over 15 centuries, he was awarded a silver medal and an olive branch. Today, the main attraction in Greece’s capital is the hill upon which the Acropolis and the Parthenon stand – it’s a tough climb, but you won’t want to miss out. Head for the Plaka if you’re looking to shop or dine – the charming tavernas and cobblestone streets are quaint and inviting.
CHINA OLYMPICS
Current Olympic Games Beijing 2008
Olympic Medal Counts 
The count down of the Olympic Games Beijing of 2008 has been started. In the context of Olympic Games that are going to held in China ( Beijing ), a famous artist of China has designed a set of five doll mascots -- "FUWA".
These represents the natural four popular animals of China-the Fish (L), the Panda (2nd, L), the Tibetan Antelope (2nd, R), the Swallow (R)-- and the Olympic Flame (C), This was presented at a grand ceremony inside the Workers' Gymnasium in Beijing.
Each of the five figures also embodies the color of one of the five Olympic Rings. Fuwa will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace -- and good wishes from China -- to children all over the world.
These Fuwa resembles the Five Olympic Rings and they also draw the color and inspiration from those rings, This Beijing Fuwa will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, which will give the message of friendship and peace and blessings from the people of Beijing, China to the children acrooss the Globe. Each of Fuwa has a rhyming two-syllable name--a traditional way of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow. When you put their names together--Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni--they say "Welcome to Beijing," offering a warm invitation that reflects the mission of Fuwa as young ambassadors for the Olympic Games.
Olympic Torch Relay
Before the beginning of the every Olympic Games, the Olympic flame is lit at the place where the Olympic Game was first started that is at the Olympia, Greece. Before the begining of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on 8 August, the torch relay will take in 21 international cities and every Chinese province, making it the longest ever.
This Olympic Torch Relay was started on Sunday 6 April, the Olympic flame was carried across London on its global journey to Beijing for the start of the 2008 Olympic Games. The Torch Relay began at Wembley and followed a route through 10 boroughs, past many of capital’s famous landmarks, to a grand finale at North Greenwich. The torchbearers who took part were:
- Double Olympic gold medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes
- Broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald
- Classical violinist Vanessa Mae
- England cricketer Kevin Pieterson
- Actress Amara Karan
China Olympic Games 2008 & China Economy
As far as the China Economy and China Olympic Games are concerned, the western companies are paying greater attentions with a greater hope for the Olympics in Beijing (China). The Australian Sun Herald compared the run of western companies on orders in Beijing with a gold rush. The China City kept on improving its infrastructure, build modern communication facilities and modern sporting venues, modernizing its tourist accommodation and on investing money in other alternative sources of energy.
Beijing Olympic Facts
This should make your heart beat faster. Rowers have hearts that are among the biggest ever seen in healthy people say US researchers. They are enormous, elongated, torpedo-shaped heart, twice the mass of a normal heart that draw blood in like a suction pump and push it out like a piston. The reason is that rowers use all the big muscles of their body, repetitively contracting and relaxing them, which puts a huge demand on the hurt to supply those muscles with blood.more
Abhinav Bindra wins 10m air rifle gold
Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in men's 10 metre air rifle event of the shooting competition at Beijing Olympics on Monday morning. The medal is India's first individual gold, and the first since 1980, when the hockey team emerged triumphant in Moscow. Bindra shot a total score of 700.5. China's Zhu Qinan, gold medalist at Athens 2004, won the silver medal with a total score of 699.7. The bronze medal was won by Finland's Henri Hakkinen, who was leading the field after the qualification round, but was unable to hold off Bindra and Zhu in the final. Bindra held his nerve to score 10.8 on the 10th and final shot, while Zhu shot 10.5 and Hakkinen fell back with a poor score of 9.7. Earlier, Bindra ended the poor run of Indian shooters at the Olympics by qualifying for the men's 10 metres air rifle event final. However, Gagan Narang failed to make the final cut in the same event as he finished ninth with a score of 595/600. Narang shot a series of 97, 100, 100, 100, 98, 100. Bindra, a Khel Ratna winner, finished the qualifying event joint-fourth with Romania's George Alin Moldoveanu in the qualification round. The duo had a score of 596/600. The bespectacled India shooter's scoring sequence was 100, 99, 100, 98, 100 and 99. Meanwhile, Finland's Henri Hakkinen qualified first for the event with a score of 598/600 after shooting a series of 100, 100, 99, 100, 100 and 99. China's Qinan Zhu was a point adrift of Hakkinen with a series of 100, 100, 100, 100, 99 and 98.
