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2008 Beijing Olympic Games Collection
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September 08, 2008 The humble origins of the Paralympics belies the extravagance that we have seen recently in Beijing. On the opening day of the 1948 Summer Games in London, a group of British WWII patients with spinal cord injuries took part in a sports competition... 5 photos and 0 videos | Beijing Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony September 06, 2008 September 6th 2008 marked the beginning of the 13th Paralympics, which Beijing celebrated like only China could. Amidst the beautiful backdrop of the Birds Nest, the night was a celebration of courage and spirit of athletes with disabilities as... 12 photos and 0 videos |
2008 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony September 03, 2008 China once again revelled in the knowledge that the whole world was watching by produced a truly fantastic closing ceremony of their Olympics. The ceremony marked the occasion that the Major of Beijing handed over the Olympic flag to the Major of... 10 photos and 0 videos | August 21, 2008 Men’s basketball has been played at the Summer Olympic Games consistently since the 1936 Games in Berlin, and since then the United States have only ever not won the competition four times. This game photographed here shows the United States starting... 6 photos and 0 videos |
2008 Olympic Women's Volleyball August 20, 2008 The Olympic Indoor Volleyball events will take part at the Capital Indoor Stadium and the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Volleyball was created in America in 1895 by William G. Morgan, as an indoor recreational game that could be played... 7 photos and 0 videos | 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony August 09, 2008 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony There are officially only (seven wonders of the world) but after a performance of unequaled quality by the Chinese performers at the opening of the Olympics, surely if performances ranked as wonders, then... 2 photos and 0 videos |
2008 Beijing Olympic Games Team Delegation August 09, 2008 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony Team Delegation Chinese features superstar Yao Ming USA United Kingdom Argentina 5 photos and 0 videos | 29th Olympic Games Beijing Olympic Village August 02, 2008 Saturday, August 2, 2008 In a news conference today, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge described the village facilities "Yesterday, I visited the Olympic Village," said Rogge. "I had the opportunity... 6 photos and 0 videos |
Beijing National Stadium - Bird's Nest July 27, 2008 The Beijing National Stadium, or the “Birds Nest” was designed especially for the 2008 Olympic Games by architects Herzog & de Meuron and contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. It was built with a remarkable 36km of unwrapped steel and has a... 10 photos and 0 videos |