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NEWS ABOUT: 2008 Beijing Olympics

2008 Beijing Olympics stories: 376 news summaries

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(AP) - Samuel Wanjiru pulled away over the final few kilometers to become the first Kenyan in the storied running history of that nation to win an Olympic marathon. The 21-year-old negotiated the 26.2-mile course through Beijing streets in bright Sunday morning sunshine in an Olympic record of 2 hours, 6... More »

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China • Kenya • Morocco • Ethiopia • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • marathon • running • Samuel Wanjiru • Jaouad Gharib • Tsegay Kebede

Olympics

 Cuban May Face Ban
 for Kicking Ref

Taekwondo association apologizes for kick

Aug 23, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cuban martial artist Angel Matos may be banned from taekwondo for life after deliberately kicking a referee in the face, the AP reports. Matos was winning his bronze-medal match in Beijing when he was disqualified for taking too long a break after a hit. He angrily questioned the call, pushed... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • martial arts • taekwondo

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 US Women Win Basketball Gold

Victory over Australia marks 4th straight championship

Aug 23, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(AP) - Lisa Leslie and the US women's basketball team were once again too good for Australia at the Olympics. Leslie capped off her illustrious Olympic career with a fourth straight gold medal, scoring 14 points in a 92-65 victory against Australia today. She joined former teammate Teresa Edwards as the only... More »

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Australia • women's basketball • basketball • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gold medal

Olympics

China's Gold Rush
Pays Off Nicely for Athletes

Government, corporations give athletes big bucks on top of Olympic glory

Aug 23, 08 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Decades ago, bringing glory to the motherland would have been the sole reward for victorious Chinese Olympians. The glory is still there—plenty of it, as China leads the gold medal table—but champions can now expect an average reward of $300,000 in cash and bonuses, even before corporate... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Chinese athletes • Olympians • gold medal • corporate sponsorship • Olympic athletes • gold medalist

(AP) - The US men's and women's teams swept the 1600-meter relays today, ending a string of frustrations for the Americans that included dropped batons in two earlier races. For the women, Sanya Richards anchored her team in a come-from-behind victory over Russia in 3:18.54, the world's fastest time since... More »

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Russia • Team USA • United States • Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athletics • track and field

Olympics Fervor Prompts Beijing Tattoo Craze

Taboos fall as China's new generation gets into body art

Aug 23, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing tattoo artists have had a steady stream of customers seeking permanent Olympic souvenirs in recent weeks, the New York Times reports. Tattoo parlors were rare in China a decade ago, but hundreds have sprouted as taboos have begun to fall. American influence is strong, but artists are seeking to... More »

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OPINION

 In Age Flap, 
 IOC Lacks Spine 

Committee kowtows to organizers, sponsors on China's gymnasts

Aug 22, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - After weeks of speculation about underage Chinese gymnasts and reports that at least two of them are not yet 16, the International Olympic Committee is investigating yet still sitting on its hands, Sally Jenkins writes in the Washington Post. The question “is whether the IOC is genuinely trying to... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • gymnast • International Olympic Committee

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 Athletes' Village Is a 'Sex-Fest'


Aug 22, 08 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic village overflows with world-class athletes, and they're doing about what you'd expect thousands of buff, healthy young people voluntarily crammed into a confined space to do: have sex, and plenty of it. "I am not implying, for one moment, that every athlete in Beijing is at it,... More »

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2 Chinese 'Songbirds' May Close Games Together

Dual-billing with counterpart Lin Maioke expected

Aug 22, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yang Peiyi, the 7-year-old songstress whom Chinese officials deemed better heard than seen during the Olympic opening ceremonies, may appear alongside her lip-syncing counterpart during Sunday’s closing ceremonies, the Hong Kong Standard reports. Organizers who claimed that the decision to replace Yang with a cuter girl was “in... More »

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 Bolt Claims 3rd Gold, Record


Aug 22, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Usain Bolt earned a triple-triple of sprint gold medals and world records today, an unprecedented Olympic feat. With his giant strides, he ran a lighting final bend that set anchor Asafa Powell on the way to a record 37.10 seconds in the 4x100 meters, chopping a massive .30 off... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • gold medal • Usain Bolt

(Newser) - Michael Phelps hasn't exactly rested since his eighth medal triumph Saturday night: The swimming sensation not only signed a $1-million deal to pen a behind-the-scenes book on his training regimen and bought a $1.7 million Baltimore condo, he was caught in a steamy make-out session with Australian swimmer Stephanie... More »

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 US Men Take Gold
 in Beach Volleyball


Aug 22, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(AP) - The weather was more like California than China, and Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser played like they were right at home today in the Olympic beach volleyball final. In blazing sunshine at the Beijing Games venue nowhere near a real beach, Rogers and Dalhausser won the gold medal by beating... More »

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 China Detains Americans Protesting Over Tibet

AP photographers also roughed up

Aug 22, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six Americans protesting China's rule over Tibet have been given 10-day detentions, in a rare instance of such punishments being meted out to visitors, the New York Times reports. Such extrajudicial detentions are common for Chinese dissidents, but foreigners at the Olympics have until now been quietly and instantly deported.... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic protests • Students for a Free Tibet

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 US Grabs BMX Silver, Bronze

Latvia's Strombergs wins men's gold; French women top their race

Aug 22, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Day and Donny Robinson secured America's first medals in the men's BMX competition, placing second and third behind Latvia's Maris Strombergs. Injured teammate Kyle Bennett failed to make the finals, AP reports. In the women's race, Jill Kintner took advantage of crashes to move up into bronze position behind... More »

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OLYMPICS

 IOC to Probe
 Chinese Gymnast's Age

US computer experts uncovers Chinese documentation listing age as 14

Aug 22, 08 3:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The International Olympic Committee has launched an investigation to determine if Chinese gymnastics gold medalist He Kexin is under the minimum age of 16, after a computer security expert turned up a document indicating that she's 14. Mike Walker yesterday posted an account of his search, in which he found... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • gymnastics • Chinese athletes • Olympic athletes

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 US Men Sweep 400

Merritt shocks Wariner to take gold

Aug 22, 08 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - LaShawn Merritt stunned teammate and rival Jeremy Wariner in the men's 400-meter race today, eclipsing the favorite by nearly a full second to take gold in the US medals sweep. Wariner, the defending champion, turned the final corner to find Merritt far in front of him, reports the Los Angeles ... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • gold medal • Jeremy Wariner • Olympic athletes • LaShawn Merritt

OPINION

 How the Decathlon
 Got Stuck in the Mud

Drugs, fan demand for broken records to blame of 10-discipline event

Aug 21, 08 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once upon a time, the decathlon was it: The king of Sweden called 1912 Olympic champ Jim Thorpe “the world’s greatest athlete, and gold medalists such as Bruce Jenner became superstars. So what happened? Drugs, Robert Weintraub writes in Slate: Track events occupy the same space as the... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • athletics • Olympics • Jim Thorpe • decathlon • Bruce Jenner • Bryan Clay

 China Blocks iTunes Over Pro-Tibet Album

Compilation was offered free to Olympians

Aug 21, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese government has blocked access to Apple’s iTunes music store for providing free downloads of a pro-Tibet compilation to Olympic athletes, the Telegraph reports. Users reported a blackout Monday, shortly after the Campaign for Tibet notes that 40 Olympians had downloaded the record. Only the Chinese iTunes store... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • iTunes • Apple • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet

OLYMPICS

 US Relay Teams Drop Batons

Hand-off gaffes disqualify both men and women

Aug 21, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - US track and field was hit by two nearly identical disasters today, when both the men’s and women’s teams flubbed the last handoff of the preliminary 400-meter relay, the Los Angeles Times reports. A wet, slippery night in the Bird’s Nest proved tough for the relay squads,... More »

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race • Team USA • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tyson Gay • track and field • Olympic Games

OLYMPICS

 US Women's Soccer Claims Gold

Team beats Brazil 1-0 in extra time

Aug 21, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US women’s soccer team claimed Olympic gold today, besting Brazil 1-0 with a goal scored in extra time, the AP reports. Carli Lloyd scored the crucial goal, but goalkeeper Hope Solo was the star of the game, shutting down shot after shot from Brazil’s unrelenting offense. It... More »

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Brazil • soccer • 2008 Beijing Olympics • America • US women's soccer • US Olympic athletes

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