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The 2008 Summer
Olympics in Beijing
Games of the XXIX Olympiad - August 8 to August 24 |
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NBC plans to broadcast and archive 17 days of the Olympics on their site, resulting in 2,200 hours of video which users may watch live and call up on-demand for free. NBC will not offer computer users live video of any events also delivered live via traditional TV broadcast methods.
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Archery There are four archery events held at the Olympics: Men's Individual, Women's Individual, Men's Team and Women's Team. Archers used to shoot a double FITA round of 288 total arrows, with the championship decided by the highest total score. In an effort to make the sport more exciting, the format was changed to head-to-head elimination for the top 64 competitors beginning with the 1992 Olympics. Latest News and Events from USA Archery. |
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| Badminton Made-for-television radar guns instantly flash the speed of serves, volleys and pitches to the sporting public around the world these days, but few viewers could name the world's fastest racket sport. The title belongs to badminton. The 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona saw the first appearance of badminton. Olympic badminton consists of a single-elimination tournament. Each match is played to the best of three games. Games are to 21 points. Rally scoring is used, meaning a player does not need to be serving to score. A player must win by two points or be the first player to 30 points. |
Baseball Baseball made its debut on the Olympic stage as a demonstration sport at the Stockholm Olympic Games in 1912, but it was not until the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games that baseball was fully-embraced as an Olympic fixture, albeit as a demonstration sport. They'rrre out! Olympics drop baseball, softball Sports eliminated for 2012 Games, but could win way back in 2016. As for softball, no one has ever said anything about its removal other than the mere fact that the American women dominate their sport as though they are the only lineup on the planet. Indeed, so far, no one has gotten a hit off them in 2008. Apparently, being the best has its problems. Baseball Headlines |
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| Canoe / Kayak Even though canoeing and kayaking are centuries old activities, they weren't introduced to the Olympics until the 1924 Games. 12 years later, in 1936, flatwater canoe / kayak racing gained full Olympic event status. In 1972, the whitewater version of canoe / kayak known as Slalom was added to the Olympics. From the endurance flatwater demands to the precision whitewater requires, canoe kayak highlights a wide scope of athleticism. Athletes compete in races on a calm course, or against a clock down rapids, either in a canoe or a kayak. News and results. |
Diving The United States was once the world's diving superpower. Not anymore. American divers failed to win one medal in Athens, their first Olympic shutout in 92 years. Olympic diving features eight events, with men and women each competing in: 3m springboard; 10m platform; synchronized springboard and synchronized platform. The United States will send 12 athletes to compete. 2008 will be the first time since 2006 that the U.S. has competed in all diving events at full capacity. Diving News and Results. |
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| Equestrian Men vs women - Along with sailing, equestrian is the only Olympic sport where men and women compete against each other. Inspired by the chariot races of the ancient Greek games, it is also the only Olympic sport in which humans and animals are teammates. China will make its debut in Olympic equestrian in Hong Kong after six riders, including the Eton schoolboy Alex Hua Tian, achieved the minimum standards to take up the host nation's allocated berths for the Aug. 8-24 Games. Clip on the equestrian Olympic event |
Field Hockey Although dating back over 1200 years before the Ancient Olympic Games, the sport of field hockey did not appear on the Olympic programme until the 1908 London Games. Hockey returned to the Games in 1920 and again in 1928, and has been a part of the Olympic programme since that time. Women's field hockey first appeared at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980. |
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