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2 days ago · The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years (except 2021).
5 days ago · Four years later, at Beijing 2008, Phelps achieved the greatest haul of any athlete at a single Games as he won eight golds in eight medal events, seven in new world records. Five golds came in individual events - the 200m freestyle, 100m and 200m butterfly, and 200m and 400m individual medley - with three in relays.
1 day ago · The opening ceremony of the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing on 8 August 2008. Image via Olympic Council of Malaysia At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Malaysia ended a 12-year medal drought when Lee Chong Wei won silver in Men's Singles badminton.
5 days ago · "One World One Dream" is a profound manifestation of the core concepts of the Beijing Olympic Games. It reflects the values of harmony connoted in the concept of "People's Olympics", the core and soul of the three concepts -- "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics".
3 days ago · Qualification for Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was based on the IJF 2007 World Judo Championships in September 2007. The top 6 men and women from each division qualify, subject to a limit of 1 judoka per National Olympic Committee ("NOC") per division. Further continental quotas (Europe 98, Africa 35, Pan-America 63, Asia 58 and Oceania 14 ...
5 days ago · The 2008 Olympic Emblem. Every emblem of the Olympics tells a story. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games emblem "Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing" is filled with Beijing's hospitality and hopes, and carries the city's commitment to the world. Milestone. "Dancing Beijing" is a milestone of the Olympics.
1 day ago · The boys went through that. So we were their biggest cheerleaders there and that was stressful enough in itself. [Editor note: The Canadian men’s artistic gymnastics team qualified for their first Olympic Games since Beijing 2008] O.ca: Your current floor exercise routine is one that has gotten a lot of love from fans.
