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Records tumble all around hapless Phelps
Berlin :: Germany | 13 days ago
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Out-of-shape swimming superstar Michael Phelps again struggled as an unprecedented 16 records were set at the World Cup short-course event in Berlin this weekend. Six new marks were set on Saturday and another 10 on Sunday, but the American could only...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Paul Biedermann, individual medley, world cup, 200m freestyle, world records, Beijing, beijing olympics, 200m individual, Germany, Berlin, Grant Hackett, Leisel Jones, allnews, Michael Klim, Ryan Lochte, Jessica Hardy, Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Biedermann, Peter Vanderkaay, World records at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade, Oussama Mellouli, Medley swimming
European papers hail Jamaican star
Paris :: France | 3 months ago
Credibility Usain Bolt's stunning 100 metres world record run in Berlin was hailed by European papers on Monday as one of the finest sporting exploits of all time. The Jamaican clocked 9.58 seconds in the final at the World Championships on Sunday evening slicing...
Tags: Jamaican Usain Bolt, Beijing, world record, beijing olympics
Athlete Deakes to miss world championships!
Berlin :: Germany | 5 months ago
Credibility Sydney, June 12: Australian world champion walker Nathan Deakes has been forced to pull out of this year's championships in Berlin in August because of a hip injury. The 31-year-old said he was experiencing pain in his hip as he strove to regain full...
Tags: Nathan Deakes, Berlin, Beijing, beijing olympics, 50km walk, world championships
Phelps to try new freestyle technique
North Carolina :: NC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Michael Phelps is following up his record performance at the Beijing Olympics by changing some of the swimming technique that carried him to eight gold medals. As the Baltimore resident shifts to focusing on shorter races, he hopes the new freestyle technique...
Tags: Michael Phelps, freestyle technique, shorter races, sprinting speed, swimming technique, record performance, Beijing, beijing olympics, gold medals
China blames global slowdown for tourism woes
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility Tourist arrivals fell two per cent to 130 million last year, and the figure was only expected to bounce back slightly in 2009, the China National Tourism Administration said at a briefing on Wednesday. "All major inbound source markets, except for Hong...
Tags: China National Tourism Administration, China Daily, Beijing, foreign tourist, beijing olympics, security measures
BizJournals: CHINA BLOG: Did the 2008 Olympics change China at all?
Hong Kong :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Puget Sound Business Journal Staff Writer Steve Wilhelm is traveling in China on a fellowship with the Hong Kong Journalism Fellowship from the East-West Center and Better Hong Kong Foundation...The Beijing Olympics may be over, but Chinese people are...
Tags: olympics, olympic, beijing olympics, beijing olympic, paralympics, the games, allnews, 2008, allnews
Information Week: Chinese Gold Medalist Too Young To Compete, Finds Security Consultant
Shanghai :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility A security consultant for the Intrepidus Group claims to have found evidence that Chinese gymnast He Kexin, the gold medal winner on the uneven bars in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is only 14 years old -- too young to compete in the Olympics. Blogging under...
Tags: beijing olympics, olympics, beijing, film festival, film, gymnastics, gold
Chinese romance in the air during Beijing Olympics
Shanghai :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility However, during the recent Beijing Olympics many foreigners started to understand the Chinese way of romance. Romantic elements were injected into the Games from the very start. At the opening ceremony of the Games, 29 gigantic footprints formed by fireworks...
Tags: Beijing, beijing olympics
Young swimmers get boost
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Young Swimming Stars Club has received a sh2m boost from Crown Beverages for their debut competition named Young Swimming Stars gala this Saturday at Makerere University. “This is a massive sponsorship for me and my club and I believe it will be a big...
Tags: Jessicah Schipper, Schippers, Ken Wood, Beijing, jessicah schippers, 200m butterfly, world recording, Liu Zige, beijing olympics, schippers splits
Hollywood Reporter: Radiohead
Oxford :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Hollywood Bowl (Sunday, Aug. 24) While millions around the world spent Sunday watching the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, 7,000 fans lucky enough to score a ticket to Radiohead's show at the Hollywood Bowl witnessed not only a band at the top...
Tags: beijing olympics
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