The Beijing Paralympics wrapped up yesterday with yet another spectacular ceremony at the wonderful Bird’s Nest stadium giving delirious athletes a chance to say goodbye after an extremely successful Games. Sounds like a similar story to four weeks ago when the Olympics ended on a high – we were even treated to another show of [...]
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Beijing Bids Goodbye To The Paralympians
Posted in Beijing, Culture, Legacy, London 2012, Media, Paralympics, tagged beijing 2008, beijing paralympics, british athletics, closing ceremony, London 2012, paralympic games on 18 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bye Bye Beijing
Posted in Architecture, Beijing, Culture, London 2012, Paralympics, tagged 2008 Olympics, 2008 paralympcis, beijing 2008, Beijing Olympics, beijing paralympics, London 2012, london olympics, Paralympics on 29 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Olympics are over, and most of the athletes have returned home to be paraded in front of adoring crowds. Now it is Bob’s turn to do the same (minus the crowds), back in Shanghai again now and the UK tomorrow.
However this is not the end of the events in Beijing, or the Beijing Olympics [...]
Oscar Pistorius – The Blade Runner Rides Again
Posted in Athletes, Legacy, London 2012, Paralympics, tagged 400m, Athletes, balde runner, Beijing Olympics, beijing paralympics, cheetah, oscar pistorius, ossur, Paralympics, paralympics athletes, prosthetics on 17 May 2008 | 3 Comments »
The international news and the blogosphere this week has rightfully been dominated by coverage of the dreadful events in Sichuan, and the relief efforts. It’s difficult to concentrate on other news.
However this Friday saw ground-breaking news that will reflect strongly on the Olympics, if not in Beijing then certainly in future events. After months of [...]
2008 Paralympic World Cup Update
Posted in Athletes, Paralympics, tagged natalie du toit, paralympic world cup, Paralympics on 10 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the largest events to take place in 2008 in the build up to the Games in Beijing this summer is the Paralympic World Cup.
400 athletes from 45 countries are completing over 5 days in Manchester; they started on Wednesday, and the events will be wrapped up tomorrow. The PWC only includes 4 sports; [...]
Olympic Theme Songs and Videos
Posted in Beijing, Culture, Paralympics, Preparation, Sponsors, tagged Andy Lau, Beijing Olympics, fly together, Olympic Song, olympic theme, Paralympics, S.H.E., Welcome to Beijing on 28 April 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Shanghaiist has come up trumps this weekend with a showcase of over a dozen songs to have been shortlisted for the honour of the official Beijing Olympics theme song.
The songs come from some of the creme de la creme of the Chinese pop world, including Andy Lau (Andy Liu), S.H.E. and numerous participants past [...]
The Road to the Beijing Paralympics
Posted in Beijing, London 2012, Paralympics, tagged Beijing, british paralympic association, paralympic games, Paralympics, road to beijing on 24 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Road to Beijing is a phrase many will be familiar this year. But today Bob came across a rather appropriate use of this pun, by the British Paralympic Association (BPA) – www.paralympics.org.uk/RoadToBeijing
With nice use of Google maps, the BPA have charted the route from London to Beijing that their athletes, and they are encouraging [...]
Blade Runner’s Beijing Countdown
Posted in Athletes, Legacy, Paralympics, tagged blade runner, olympic 400m, oscar pistorius, Paralympics on 1 April 2008 | 3 Comments »
Oscar ‘The Blade Runner’ Pistorius has been given a date with CAS – The Court of Arbitration for Sport – to find out finally whether he will be able to compete in the Beijing Olympics, as opposed to the Paralympics. The date, 29th & 30th April.
This January the IAAF ruled that Pistorius could not [...]
Beijing 2008… The Paralympic Games of course!
Posted in Athletes, Media, Paralympics, The Games, tagged Beijing Olympics, Beijing paralympic games, disability, disabled athletes, Paralympics on 12 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
In his blog for the Seattle Times Daniel Beekman raises the extremely valid point that in all of the hype about the Olympic Games this summer, the Paralympic Games have been almost completely overlooked. It’s difficult to remember any news stories relating to them; have any paralympians withdrawn for health reasons or joined in Team [...]
