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2008 Beijing Olympics stories: 376 news summaries

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GLOSSIES

China's Great, Baffling Failure: Public Relations

Beijing completely misses 'crass value of cultivating the press'

Oct 16, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no secret that China is moving into position as a global superpower, writes James Fallows in the Atlantic, and this only further highlights its leaders’ baffling inability to understand how the country is viewed from the outside—and how to change those opinions for the better. Officials just... More »

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China • free speech • censorship • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Hu Jintao • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China • Chinese Communist party

IOC to Retest 5,000 Samples From Olympics

New drug found
in Tour de France cyclists prompts probe

Oct 8, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The International Olympic Committee will retest samples from Olympic athletes for traces of a new drug, the BBC reports. Cera, a new version of a blood-oxygen-boosting drug, was found in a second look at samples from two Tour de France cyclists this week. Olympic policy allows additional testing for 8... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Tour de France • Cera • sports doping • International Olympic Committee • EPO • World Anti-Doping Agency

 Officials Clear 
 Chinese Gymnasts 

But some of the 2000 competitors were too young, FIG says

Oct 1, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(AP) - China's 2008 gold medal gymnasts are in the clear, after international gymnastics officials said today the documentation provided confirms the women were old enough to compete. But the Chinese team that won the bronze medal 8 years ago still faces questions about the age of two competitors. More »

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China • age • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gymnastics • gymnast • Chinese athletes

US Olympic Medalist Details Sex Abuse

Swimmer Hoelzer goes public in hopes of helping other victims

Sep 16, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Olympic medalist Margaret Hoelzer was sexually abused, she tells the AP in the hopes of helping other victims. The abuse by the friend of a father started when she was 5 years old, the swimmer says, and did not stop until the family moved 2 years later. The abuser was... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • child abuse • sexual abuse • athlete • Olympians • USA Swimming • Margaret Hoelzer

 Carl Lewis Hints at 
 Bolt Drug Connection 

US great says Jamaica's testing policy puts Olympic feats in question

Sep 12, 08 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Olympic great Carl Lewis says Jamaica needs to toughen its drug policy before he’ll take Usain Bolt’s sprinting feats seriously. “I think there are some issues,” Lewis tells Sports Illustrated. “No one is accusing anyone. But don’t live by a different rule and... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • performance-enhancing drugs • random drug testing • Usain Bolt • sprinters • Carl Lewis

 Pistorius Wins 
 Paralympic Gold 

South African who sued for right to compete in Olympics takes 100 meters; more to come

Sep 9, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(AP) - One gold medal down and two to go for sprinter Oscar Pistorius at the Beijing Paralympics. Despite a slow start on a wet track, the South African won the most difficult of his three races, taking gold today in the 100 meters in 11.17 seconds. Jerome Singleton was second... More »

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South Africa • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • Paralympics

Coke Bids $2.4B for Chinese Juice Company

Soft-drink giant looks
to capitalize on
Olympic afterglow

Sep 3, 08 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Buoyed by its highly visible sponsorship role at the Beijing Olympics, Coca-Cola has made a $2.4 billion offer for a Chinese juice and nectar company, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal would be the second-largest acquisition ever by the company, which has been expanding into non-carbonated beverages in... More »

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China • mergers and acquisitions • 2008 Beijing Olympics • soft drinks • Coca-Cola • China Huiyuan Juice Group

 Jamaican 
 Hurdlers Linked 
 to Steroids 

Drugs sent through Internet network, Sports Illustrated discovers

Sep 3, 08 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Jamaican Olympic hurdlers received shipments of banned performance-enhancing drugs in 2006 and 2007, according to documents obtained by Sports Illustrated. The drugs were sent to addresses linked to Delloreen Ennis-London and Adrian Findlay, both members of the Jamaican team in Beijing. Findlay denied using steroids, while Ennis-London was unreachable.... More »

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steroids • Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • performance-enhancing drugs • hurdles • steroid use

 Phelps
 to Kick Off
 SNL Opener

Gold medal star makes comedy debut
as host next month

Aug 28, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Super swimmer Michael Phelps will be trying his hand at making comedy gold as host of the season premier of Saturday Night Live, E! Online reports. The 23-year-old Olympic champ will be making his acting debut when the program's 34th season kicks off September 13. The swimmer will be joined... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • comedy • Olympians • USA Swimming • gold medalist

Swimmer Torres Set for Shoulder Surgery

41-year-old won three silvers in pain during Beijing Olympics

Aug 27, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dara Torres will finally get some relief after swimming to three silver medals with a damaged shoulder, CNN reports. The 41-year-old is scheduled today for a surgery she put off before the Olympics. Torres went to Beijing armed with anti-inflammatories, but started having intense pain while there. She plans to... More »

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surgery • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • arthritis • Dara Torres

Sydney Olympics Also Featured Fake Performances

In 2000, city's orchestra mimed to backing tape—by ensemble from Melbourne

Aug 26, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world was shocked to learn that Chinese singer Lin Miaoke was really just a pretty lip-syncher, but fakery seems to be par for the Olympic course: the Sydney Symphony has disclosed that its performers mimed to a backing tape during the 2000 opening ceremony. "It's correct that we... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • pageant • pantomime • 2000 Sydney Olympics • symphony • lip sync

Castro Backs Cuban
Athlete Who Kicked Ref 

Accuses Matos' opponent of trying to fix fight

Aug 25, 08 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ailing Fidel Castro expressed "total solidarity" today with a Cuban martial artist who kicked an Olympics referee in the face, the AP reports. Castro supported a claim by the taekwondo athlete's coach that the contest was fixed and marred by a bribery attempt. "They had tried to... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Angel Matos • taekwondo

OPINION

After Beijing Pageantry, London 2012 Tries ... a Bus

Brits less than thrilling
in Olympic preview

Aug 25, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Beijing Olympics' closing ceremony was predictably stupendous, with thousands of acrobats and "more orthodontically screened children," writes Guardian columnist Marina Hyde. It certainly ran over the 8-minute tableau promoting the 2012 Games in London. While China spent years preparing its "deliciously understated 16-day world domination infomercial,... More »

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London • 2012 London Olympics • 2008 Beijing Olympics • David Beckham • buses • Boris Johnson

China Faces Rocky Road in Keeping Up Growth

The gains of the past 30 years will be hard to maintain as workers age

Aug 25, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The opulence of the Beijing Olympics highlighted just how far China has come since opening its economy 30 years ago—it soon will be the world’s third largest. But with the success comes a plethora of challenges, reports the Wall Street Journal. And chief among them is how to... More »

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China • Henry Paulson • 2008 Beijing Olympics • global economy • Chinese economy • boom economy

Communist Party Basks in Olympic Afterglow

Olympics strengthen ruling party after decade of planning

Aug 25, 08 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - For nearly a decade, the Chinese Communist Party has made the Olympics the nation's first political priority, writes Jim Yardley in the New York Times. Hopes that the international spotlight would lead to democratization and human-rights reforms in China didn't materialize, as the triumph of the Games instead underscored the... More »

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China • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Chinese Communist party • Olympics

 Online Olympics
 Viewing Shatters Records

But TV's still tops, NBC says

Aug 25, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet played an unprecedented role in Olympics viewing this year, with NBCOlympics.com and Yahoo leading the online-coverage pack, the New York Times reports. With 1.2 billion page hits and 72 million video streams, NBC more than doubled its Web traffic from the past two Olympics combined. The... More »

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Yahoo • NBC • 2008 Beijing Olympics • online videos • streaming content

China Releases, Deports
US Tibet Protesters

American officials 'disappointed' by China's 'intolerance'

Aug 25, 08 2:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight Americans arrested in China last week after staging a pro-Tibet protests have been freed from jail and deported following US pressure for their release, reports the BBC. The protesters faced up to 10 days in detention for unfurling a “Free Tibet” banner near an Olympic site and staging... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibetan independence • political protest • Students for a Free Tibet • Tibetan protesters

 US Urges China to Free 8 Yanks

Pro-Tibetan demonstrators to be released next weekend

Aug 24, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington is seeking the release of eight US protesters held by China during the Olympics, Reuters reports. Two were collared Thursday for posting a "Free Tibet" banner near an Olympic event; six others were members of Free Tibet Reporters detained the day before. Beijing vows to release all eight... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • protests • Tibet • Tibetan independence • US Embassy • freedom of speech • Olympic protests • detention without trial

 China Wraps Up Olympic Idyll

A look back at a successful 2 weeks

Aug 24, 08 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games wrapped up today with a star-studded fireworks-filled extravaganza worthy of its opening, Reuters reports. With 51 golds, China easily topped the medal rankings, capping a near-flawlessly-executed couple of weeks that saw smog lifting, transport worries evaporating, and Tibet protests dwindling. Still, arrests and suppression of... More »

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China • 2012 London Olympics • 2008 Beijing Olympics • ceremony • gold medal

OLYMPICS

 US Men Back
 on Top With
 Basketball Gold

We're 'back on top,' boasts ecstatic LeBron James

Aug 24, 08 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Men's Basketball Olympic team pulled off a hard-fought victory to beat Spain 118-107 today to grab the gold medal. The US team has won gold every Olympics but three, including embarrassing defeats in 2004. "Much respect to Spain, but the US is back on top again,"... More »

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Kobe Bryant • basketball • LeBron James • Team USA • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Dwayne Wade • gold medal

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