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NEWS ABOUT: 2008 Beijing Olympics

2008 Beijing Olympics stories: 376 news summaries

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Obscure Tiebreaker Gives China's He Gold Over Liukin

0.033 margin on deductions puts American in second place in uneven bars

Aug 18, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese gymnast He Kexin won a gold medal on the women’s uneven bars today, despite exactly same score as American Nastia Liukin, the New York Times reports. Liukin and He each scored 16.725, but since gymnastics no longer gives out dual medals, He was awarded the gold, thanks... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gymnastics • gymnast • Nastia Liukin • He Kexin

Phelps' Quest for the Gold Is
Just Beginning

Marketing the Olympic swimming star could bring $100M

Aug 18, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even before Michael Phelps dove into the pool in pursuit of his eighth gold medal, another epic task had begun: Turning the swimming star into a marketing icon. By the time he’d collected his final piece of gold—along with a $1 million bonus from Speedo—the 23-year-old... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nike • endorsement • gold medal • Speedo

Laid-Back
Bush Enrages
Neocon Base

Sportsfan prez made even the French look sharp, Journal snipes

Aug 18, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The administration’s slow response to the Russia-Georgia conflict has conservatives fuming, with onetime true believers openly questioning President Bush's commitment to the foreign policy of the first 7 years of his term. And they're not keeping their dissatisfaction quiet, reports the Washington Post. The latest blast from a once-unexpected... More »

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Dick Cheney • Wall Street Journal • Condoleezza Rice • 2008 Beijing Olympics • conservative base • George W. Bush

 China Seizes US
 Missionaries' Bibles

Christian group refuses to leave airport without their books

Aug 18, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Four American Christians whose Bibles were confiscated by authorities are refusing to leave a Chinese airport until the books are returned. The Vision Beyond Borders group had planned to distribute 315 Chinese-language Bibles during the Olympics, but religious proselytizing is banned in China, reports AP. Bibles in China are legally... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Bible • religious freedom • Chinese Communist party • Kunming • Vision Beyond Borders

OPINION

 How Phelps Saved the Games

Swimmer inspired America to love the games again

Aug 18, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the Chinese invented organized sports 6,000 years ago, writes Pat Forde on ESPN.com, then how appropriate that Michael Phelps came to Beijing to prove he was “the apotheosis of the athlete.” And America knows it. In a year when the Olympics had become “passe,... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal • USA Swimming • Mark Spitz

 Hurdler
 Drops Out,
 Stunning
 China

Liu had been one of China's favorite storylines

Aug 18, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, whose rock-star status had made him his nation's favorite Olympic storyline, dropped out of his first race today after just two painful steps, the Washington Post reports. Liu had recovered from a hamstring injury since pulling out of a May 31 meet in New York,... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • injury • track and field • Liu Xiang • hurdles • 110-meter hurdles

 Shawn Grabs Third Silver

Luikin wins bronze, one medal short of her dad's 1988 take

Aug 18, 08 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - US gymnasts Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were edged out of a gold medal yesterday in the floor exercise competition by Romania's Sandra Izbasa—but Johnson took the silver and Liukin the bronze. It was the third silver for Johnson who has one last chance for Olympic gold tomorrow on... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Shawn Johnson • Nastia Liukin • Sandra Izbasa • Cheng Fei • Alicia Sacramone • Liang Chow • Diego Hypolito • Gervasio Deferr • Anton Golotsutskov • Xiao Qin

OPINION

 Phelps' Quest
 Perfectly American

Swimmer balanced domination with near-misses

Aug 17, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps’ quest for eight gold medals was a perfect sports story for America: we like our athletes to either dominate or come from behind at the last minute, and Phelps delivered on both counts. He was both “the juggernaut and the ninth-inning home run with two outs and... More »

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Michael Phelps • United States • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • USA Swimming

OLYMPICS

 Nadal Captures Gold, No. 1 Rank

Williams sisters take doubles title; 10-0 Olympic record

Aug 17, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(AP) - Rafael Nadal won the Olympic men's singles gold medal today, overcoming two set points in the second set and holding every service game to beat Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3. The gold medal was the first for Spain in Olympic tennis, and Nadal became the first top-five... More »

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Roger Federer • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Serena Williams • Venus Williams • gold medal

Bolt: 'A Sprinting Prodigy From Another Planet'

Usain Bolt is a delightful mystery

Aug 17, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Usain Bolt became the fastest man in the world, ever, yesterday—without even appearing to try. “His run was mind-boggling. Freakish. Revolutionary,” writes Joe Posnanski in the Kansas City Star. “He coasted his last seven strides, and all day he’d only eaten chicken nuggets, and his... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • 100 meter dash • Usain Bolt

OLYMPICS

 8 Golds:
 Phelps 
 Makes
 History


Aug 16, 08 10:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps swam into history today by picking up his 8th gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, NBC reports. Phelps swam the third leg of the men's 4x100 medley—yes, another world record—to trump Mark Spitz's record of 7 medals set more than three decades ago. "I'm more... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gold medal • USA Swimming

olympics

 High-Tech
 Gear Floods
 Olympic Games 

Maker of spring-soled shoe challenges the rules

Aug 16, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Michael Phelps-endorsed body suit is only one of the high-tech inventions at this year's Olympic Games, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. NASA-designed shoes, 3D motion-capture-designed bicycles, and a Nike PreCool vest have all garnered attention. But the most controversial is a spring-enhanced shoe that track and field athletes... More »

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shoes • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nike • invention • sports technology

 US Water Polo 
 Bests Top-Ranked Croatia

Ninth-ranked Americans hope for medal

Aug 16, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ninth-ranked US water polo team took down top-ranked Croatia in a surprise 7-5 Olympic victory today, the New York Times reports. The victory was thanks in large part to the defensive work of goalie Merrill Moses, who had 11 saves. “What better place to take down the best... More »

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United States • Croatia • 2008 Beijing Olympics • water polo

opinion

 Defining Olympic Moment?
 Phelps By a Hair


Aug 16, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, if Michael Phelps wins his eighth Olympic gold, as he’s expected to do in the men’s relay, all eyes will be on him. And we’ll wonder (even more) if he’s all human or part-fish. But the Olympics' "defining fabulous moment" has already passed, writes... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gold medal • USA Swimming • controversy • Olympics • Milorad Cavic

OPINION

 Why China's Rooting for Us


Aug 16, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - China hopes that its Olympic team will do the country proud—but many Chinese are openly rooting for US athletes. Why the love? Francesco Sisci, an Italian diplomat who lives there and whose wife is Chinese, writes in the Washington Post that the idea of "America," even with... More »

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China • globalization • United States • 2008 Beijing Olympics

olympics

 Jamaica's
 Bolt: World's
 Fastest Man


Aug 16, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(AP) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt rewrote the record books again and easily captured his first Olympic medal by running the 100-meter dash in a stunning 9.69 seconds. Laying claim to the title of "world's fastest man," Bolt beat Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago by 0.2 seconds, while... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Tyson Gay • Asafa Powell • Usain Bolt • sprinters

olympics

 Phelps Ties Spitz With 7 Golds 


Aug 15, 08 9:41 PM CDT
(AP) - Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia by the thinnest of margins to win the 100-meter butterfly yesterday, tying Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps, seemingly destined for second at the finish, somehow touched the wall first, a scant .01 seconds ahead of Cavic.... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal

Cops Turn China Protesters Into Propaganda

Beijing police feed arrested visitors fried chicken, deport them

Aug 15, 08 7:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Patrick Mahoney posed for pictures during his interrogation in Beijing—half of it, anyway. Over 7 hours, police ran a classic good cop/bad cop routine on Mahoney, who had unfurled a “Jesus Christ is King” banner in Tiananmen Square, he tells the Washington Post. "They wanted... More »

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China • propaganda • 2008 Beijing Olympics • protesters • Tibetan protesters • Patrick Mahoney

olympics

 Liukin Does What Dad Couldn't

Daughter scores gymnastics gold as silver medalist father watches

Aug 15, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Growing up in Texas, Nastia Liukin eyed her father's four Olympic gold medals, won for his gymnastics exploits as a USSR star. But one always eluded him: the all-around individual medal, which he came within a tenth of a point of in 1988. "I hope that I made up... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • gymnastics • Nastia Liukin

olympics


 Phelps: Great,
 or Greatest? 

The debate rages on

Aug 15, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone agrees that Michael Phelps is one of the greatest Olympians ever—but is he the greatest? It’s become a hot topic of debate in Beijing, the New York Times reports. Phelps stands alone in the gold medal column, but swimming hands out a lot of medals,... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • history • Olympic athletes

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