The latest controversy associated with the Chinese government and the Beijing Olympics has been to do with the age of their gymnasts, and specifically gold medal-winning He Kexin (何可欣). Allegations have suggested that Miss He was born in 1994, meaning that she is too young to compete in the Olympics (16 years or older), [...]
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Search Engine Suggests Chinese Gymnast is Underage
Posted in Athletes, Censorship, Media, tagged Beijing Olympics, chen ruolin, chinese gymnastics, chinese gymnasts, gymnastics, gymnasts, he kexin, olympic gymnastics, olympic gymnasts, stryde on 26 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
Chasing the Gold Rush Around Beijing
Posted in Athletes, Beijing, Censorship, Media, The Games, Tickets, Track and Field, World Records, tagged 2008 Olympics, 400m, Beijing Olympics, bmx, bradly wiggins, british gold medals, chris hoy, christine ohuruogu, cycling, germain mason, laoshan, olympics, shanaze reade, victoria pendleton on 22 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
As the rain poured down in Beijing on Thursday it seemed like a good opportunity to stay in and catch up on some blogging – unfortunately Bob’s internet connection disagreed, and would not allow this post. Trying again now, on Friday. It has been difficult to fit in posts, around ticket-hunting, sport-watching, exploring Beijing and [...]
Liu Xiang Withdraws in Beijing
Posted in Athletes, Public expectation, The Games, Track and Field, tagged 110m hurdles, Beijing Olympics, bird's nest, high hurdles, Liu Xiang on 18 August 2008 | 5 Comments »
Liu Xiang has been forced out of the 110m hurdles at the first hurdle (apologies), due to a leg injury. Round 1 of his event began this morning, and, but not before rumours were fluttering around the Bird’s Nest that he was injured. The crowd were on edge, but when Liu valliently came out for [...]
Kicking Off in Shanghai
Posted in Athletes, Beijing, The Games, Tickets, tagged 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, belgium, football, haka, new zealand, olympic football, shanghai stadium on 15 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bob’s Olympic experience kicked off on Wednesday at the football qualifiers in Shanghai. The game could hardly be described as thrilling – New Zealand lost 1-0 to Belgium in a match so one-sided that the Belgians appeared to miss opportunities out of embarrassment for their opponents more than inability. The highlight for the smattering of [...]
Olympic Rowing Interview – David Blackham
Posted in Athletes, Beijing, Drugs, Guest Posts, Preparation, The Games, tagged 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, chinese rowing, coxless fours, olympic gold, olympic rowing, rowing, Zac Purchase on 15 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
With the Olympic Rowing finals around the corner, Bob has interviewed British junior coach David Blackham to find out his thoughts on the emergence of a strong Chinese team, the weather conditions and the chance of the British rowers. Here is what he had to say, before heading out to see the Games for himself:
David [...]
Yao Bounces Back But China Face Basketball Battle
Posted in Athletes, Culture, The Games, tagged basketball, olympic basketball, Yao ming on 24 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yao Ming has returned from injury to compete for the first time in 5 months just weeks ahead of the Olympic Games in his home country. However in the same week the groups for the Olympic basketball competition have been announced and Yao’s China team will face an extremely strong line up to qualify for [...]
Congratulations to the British Olympic Team!
Posted in Athletes, Track and Field, tagged athletics, Beijing Olympics, boa, british athletes, british olympic association, british olympic team on 14 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today the British Olympic Team to compete in Beijing this summer was announced by the British Olympic Association. This news has been overshadowed somewhat by uncertaintly surrounding Dwain Chambers and Paula Radcliffe, but at this stage let’s just extend congratulations and lots of luck to the team. View the full team here.
Epic Wimbledon Battle Boosts Beijing Significance
Posted in Athletes, London 2012, Public expectation, The Games, tagged beijing 2008, Beijing Olympics, federer, nadal, olympic tennis, olympics, rafael nadal, roger federer, tennis, wimbledon, wimbledon 2008, wimbledon final on 6 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
This post is being written from SW19 where today Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer made history, beautifully.
It is four years until Wimbledon will be an Olympic venue, but today the most famous tennis club in the world played host to a such exhibition of sporting excellence that the Greek Gods themselves would have struggled to [...]
Liu Xiang’s World Record Tumbles Before Beijing
Posted in Athletes, Public expectation, The Games, Track and Field, World Records, tagged 100m hurdles, dayron robles, high hurdles, Liu Xiang, olympics, ostrava, world record, world record holder on 12 June 2008 | 6 Comments »
Cuba’s Dayron Robles has toppled Liu Xiang’s 110m hurdles world record. The 21-year-old clocked 12.87 seconds, beating Liu’s time by just 0.01 seconds and smashing his own personal best. Liu was not racing.
Check out Robles’ reaction here:
Olympic favourite in more ways than one, Liu Xiang is not only expected to successfully [...]
10 Chinese people you should know about
Posted in Athletes, Culture, Sponsors, tagged james reynolds, jay chou, li ning, Liu Xiang, olympic athletes, Yao ming on 9 June 2008 | 3 Comments »
On his blog BBC Beijing correspondent James Reynolds has carried out an impromptue and “unscientific” poll to find the “top 10 Chinese people you should know about“.
Made up from contributions from readers the list includes three Olympians (past & present). Liu Xiang and Yao Ming, readers should all be familiar with, but another name may [...]
