Temple of Heaven to host Paralympic torch lighting

THE Beijing Paralympic flame will be lit by the sun at the Temple of Heaven at 10:30 a.m. today, marking the start of a nine-day relay through 11 cities.
The flame will be lit from the rays of the sun captured in a concave mirror in the same way the Olympic flame was lit.
The Paralympic flame will be lit at the temple to help integrate heaven and humankind, a core concept of traditional Chinese culture, embodying the Chinese people’s pursuit of harmony between humankind and nature, according to Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).
From Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, the nine-day Paralympic torch relay will be conducted simultaneously along two routes, Ancient China and Modern China.
On Sept. 5, the two Paralympic torch relays will converge in Beijing and reach the National Stadium for the opening ceremony Sept. 6.
There will be a total of 850 torchbearers.
Organizers said that so far, more than 480,000 tickets had been sold, 32,000 of them to disabled spectators, and their families and friends. Of the total 1.66 million tickets available for the Paralympics, the best seats will go to disabled spectators.
The ticket prices have been kept low, from 30 yuan (US$4.29) to 80 yuan, and people can book through the official Web site until Sept. 14.
(SD-Agencies)
THE Beijing Paralympic flame will be lit by the sun at the Temple of Heaven at 10:30 a.m. today, marking the start of a nine-day relay through 11 cities.
The flame will be lit from the rays of the sun captured in a concave mirror in the same way the Olympic flame was lit.
The Paralympic flame will be lit at the temple to help integrate heaven and humankind, a core concept of traditional Chinese culture, embodying the Chinese people’s pursuit of harmony between humankind and nature, according to Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).
From Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, the nine-day Paralympic torch relay will be conducted simultaneously along two routes, Ancient China and Modern China.
On Sept. 5, the two Paralympic torch relays will converge in Beijing and reach the National Stadium for the opening ceremony Sept. 6.
There will be a total of 850 torchbearers.
Organizers said that so far, more than 480,000 tickets had been sold, 32,000 of them to disabled spectators, and their families and friends. Of the total 1.66 million tickets available for the Paralympics, the best seats will go to disabled spectators.
The ticket prices have been kept low, from 30 yuan (US$4.29) to 80 yuan, and people can book through the official Web site until Sept. 14.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica is a frying men.

Bolt announced that he would double-up with the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the Beijing Summer Olympics, and the new 100 m world-record holder was the favourite to win both.

Wanjiru of Kenya won Men's Marathon gold (PHOTO)

The Men's Marathon final took place at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China on August 24, 2008. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru of Kenya won the title and set a new Olympic record at 2:06:32.

he Medal Standings of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

NOC Name G S B T

1 CHN 51 21 28 100

2 USA 36 38 36 110

3 RUS 23 21 28 72

4 GBR 19 13 15 4

7 5 GER 16 10 15 41

The Closing Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games[PIC]

The Beijing Olympic Games come to a close on August 24, with a ceremony & celebration at the National Stadium to commemorate the awarding of 302 gold medals & countless achievements made by the world's greatest athletes.

the chinese girl “He Wenna”wins first Olympic trampoline gold

He Wenna won the Olympic gold medal in the women’s trampoline on Monday.
Age: 19 (date of birth: Jan 19, 1989)
Place of birth: Longyan, Fujian Province, China
Career achievements:
Gold medallist, 2007 World Championships (team trampoline)
Fourth place, 2007 World Championships (individual trampoline)
He won as many key rivals stumbled. Team mate Huang Shanshan, the Athens bronze medallist, fell in the qualifying round while Athens gold medallist Germany’s Anna Dogonadze and Russian Irina Karavaeva, who won the inaugural trampolining event at Sydney in 2000, both stumbled in the final. He’s hobbies are fashion and music.

Schwarzer breaks OR in Men's 50km Walk

Alex Schwarzer of Italy won the Men's 50km Walk gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in a time of three hours and 37.09 minutes on August 22.
The 24-year-old Italian broke the previous Olympic record of three hours and 38.29 minutes set by Vyacheslav Ivanenko of the USSR ten years ago. With this achievement, he adds his first Olympic gold to his trophy shelf, next to bronzes earned at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.
"It's the best, it's the highest level. I'm delighted," Schwarzer said excitedly when talking about his gold medal.
"This is for my grandfather who died in July. I'm very sad about it. He's been there for me my whole life, but now I'm sure he is happy," he added.
The silver medal went to Jared Tallent of Australia in three hours 39.27 minutes. Tallent won bronze in the Men's 20km Walk at these Games on Saturday, August 16.
"This is what you do it for. Just warming up this morning and thinking of all the years of hard work that come down to this. I can't believe it - two medals at the Olympics," said Tallent.
Denis Nizhegorodov of Russia took bronze in three hours 40.14 minutes.
"I feel very disappointed. I don't know why. I don't think I had any technical problems or mistakes. I got a silver four years ago (Athens 2004 Olympic Games), but now it's only a bronze. It's such a pity," said Nizhegorodov.

The Belarusian team won the Canoe/Kayak Flatwater Kayak Four (K4) 1000 meter

Led by Athens K2 500m bronze medalists Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu, the team stayed in front of the race from start to end. Along with team members Aliaksei Abalmasau and Artur Litvinchuk, the Belarus paddlers passed the finish line first with a time of 2:55.714 minutes.
This is not only the second gold medal won by Belarus on Friday, but also Belarus' second Canoe/Kayak gold medal in Olympic history. Just 15 minutes earlier, Andrei Bahdanovich and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich made the breakthrough for Belarus by winning the K2 1000m final.
The Slovakia team comprised of Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlcek and Juraj Tarr trailed 0.879 seconds behind the winners. These four paddlers took a bronze medal in Athens.
The German team made up by Lutz Altepost, Norman Brockl, Torsten Eckbrett and Bjorn Goldschmidt finished third with a time of 2:56.676 minutes. Germany's Men's K4 team took one silver medal each in Sydney and Athens.
Italian legend Antonio Rossi failed to grab a medal with his team, who finished the course fourth. The 39-year-old has won five Olympic medals since 1992, including three gold medals. He was also the flag-bearer of the Italian delegation in the opening ceremony.

MPC press conference schedule August 22

The Main Press Center for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad is pleased to announce this media schedule for August 22. All press conferences will be held at the Press Conference Hall of the Main Press Center (MPC) on the Olympic Green.

Women's Cycling BMX Photos

Anne-Caroline Chausson competes.
Anne-Caroline Chausson (front) competes

today Chausson wins first BMX gold,Chausson is Mountain bike star

Chausson

Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won the gold medal while pre-race favorite Shanaze Reade of Great Britain crashed out to finish last in the Women's race as BMX made its Olympic debut on Friday, August 21.
Laetitia le Corguille of France avoided three pile-ups in the final to claim silver, while US athlete Jill Kintner edged Sarah Walker of New Zealand to score bronze.
Reade overcame a first-run crash in the semifinals to qualify for the gold medal round and roared into the decisive first corner in the front position on Friday.
Ex-mountain bike downhill world champion Chausson took a low, inside line to sneak past her British rival and surged into the lead as two others crashed in their wake.
Two-time defending world champion Reade fought to within a bike's length of Chausson going into the final corner and tried a risky, inside-line pass. She clipped Chausson's rear tire and crashed out of the medals.
Le Corguille, first in her qualifying heat, took advantage of the opening to dart past Reade to claim silver.
Kintner, a three-time Four-Cross world champion riding with injured knee ligaments, surged late to fend off Walker for the bronze.
Chausson, 30, has taken the first-ever Olympic gold medal in BMX after coming out of retirement in 2006 once BMX earned its Olympic-sport designation.
Chausson won 13 downhill, dual slalom and Four-Cross world titles in mountain biking, but the downhill discipline is not an Olympic medal sport.

Maarten van der Weijden won Men's Marathon 10km

Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands won the gold medal in a huge upset in the inaugural Men's Marathon 10km Swimming race at a rainy Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Thursday, August 21.The Dutch swimmer, who returned to competitive swimming after beating leukaemia which was diagnosed seven years ago, had not ranked among the pre-race favorites.
He put in a great sprint with 500m to go to overtake medal favorites David Davies of Great Britain (GBR) and Thomas Lurz of Germany (GER) to win in a time of 1:51:51.6.
Davies (GBR), who finished sixth in the 1500m earlier at these Games at the National Aquatics Center and was the Athens 2004 Olympic 1500m bronze medalist, just held on for the silver medal in a time of 1:51:53.1.

Lovely animals Olympics[Pic]

I think you have not seen the animals Olympics.It's very Lovely.

Boxing

Table Tennis /play pingpong


Swimming
Hurdle

Is Liu Xiang still the “flying man”?

Being a fans,I had a dream that Liu Xiang should still get the gold medal of 110 metre hurdler at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
But today Liu due to make the decision to pull out of the BeiJing Olympic Games, and with that he apologized to all his caring supporters and friends.Now I has the question:Is Liu Xiang still the “flying man”?

Liu Xiang's beautiful mansion which cost 14.5 million RMB in Shanhai

Liu Xiang was born July 13, 1983 in Shanghai, China

Liu won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the 110 metre hurdles event, equaling Colin Jackson's 1993 world record of 12.91 seconds. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was China's first in a men's track and field event.Liu Xiang faced extreme pressure and anxiety heading into the 2008 Olympics.

Sports fans have long been accustomed to such a routine: Being a sports star,there are such things belonged to he-- car,beautiful girl,mansion,ect.

Recently,I heared the news.It says that China Liu Xiang has been secretly bought a villa in Shanghai.

In a well-known online website,the villa were constructioned in 2004.The building area is 439 square meters and the average cost 33,030 RMB/m2.

The Room NO. of mansion is 1101,meaning that the 110-meter hurdles first.

Konstadinos Douvalidis get the gold of Men's 110m Hurdles

Results: Men's 110m Hurdles

1. Konstadinos Douvalidis 13.49
2. Marcel van der Westen 13.54
3. Allan Scott 13.56

Greek Konstadinos Douvalidis wins.

Liu Xiang kneels down while warming up and pulls out of Men's 110m Hurdles

On August 18, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Liu xiang was faced with a injury to his right Achilles tendon in his first-round--the same injury which forced him to pull out of a race in New York on May 31, 2008

Yang Peiyi song the real voice in Beijing Olympic open ceremony

On Beijing Olympics opening ceremony，the song《Singing the motherland》shocked the
audience of billions of heart， the girl named Yi Lin Miao on the stage can give
us left a deep impression。In fact, this sweet, Keren Tianlaizhiyin from the
addition of a small behind-the-scenes heroes - seven-year-old children "Yang
Peiyi"
The simple lyric line “We sing to our beloved motherland, on her way towards prosperity and strength.
”
Remember Lin Miao , do not forget Yang Peiyi; Remember the opening ceremony,
Remember every sacrifice for the opening ceremony of the people!

Phelps wins his record eighth gold

Today Phelps smiles with the American flag ,because he won his eighth gold medal in the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay final on Sunday BEIJING, August 17

Indian Shooter Abhinav Singh Bindra win the gold medal in 2008 Olympic

Abhinav Singh Bindra who is born September 28, 1982, is an Indian shooter from Zirakpur, Mohali, Punjab and is the current World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event. On 2008 Beijing Olympics,Bindra booked his place in the 2008 Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships with a score of 699.1

Kosuke Kitajima and His AV girlfriend mai hagiwara gallery

Kosuke Kitajima (北島 康介, Kitajima Kōsuke?, born September 22, 1982 in Tokyo) is a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the Men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics
Major achievementsGold Medal 100 m breaststroke – 2003 World Championships (long course) in Barcelona, Spain. 200 m breaststroke – 2003 World Championships (long course) in Barcelona, Spain. 100 m breaststroke – 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 200 m breaststroke – 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 200 m breaststroke – 2007 World Championships (long course) in Melbourne, Australia. 100 m breaststroke – 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. 200 m breaststroke – 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Silver Medal 100 m breaststroke – 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships (short course) in Moscow, Russia. 100 m breaststroke – 2007 World Championships (long course) in Melbourne, Australia. Bronze Medal 100 m breaststroke – 2001 World Championships (long course) in Fukuoka, Japan. 4×100 m Medley – 2003 World Championships (long course) in Barcelona, Spain. 4×100 m Medley – 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Kosuke Kitajima's AV girlfriend mai hagiwara gallery

Volkswagen Beetle in the Beijing Olympic Gardens