As the Beijing Olympics gets into the middle stages, two countries have left others way behind as far as the medals goes- USA and China. It could be said that the two seem to be following Henry Ford’s assembly line production when it comes to winning medals. China has won 24 gold medals while US has won 14 gold although in the total US has 44 medals to its tally when compared to China which has 38.
India China USA Beijing Olympics 2008
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Olympics 2008 got underway at Beijing as the city welcomed the world to the29th Olympic Games at Bird’s Nest Stadium on August 8 with an Opening Ceremony that began at 8:00 p.m
Here are a few things about this years Beijing Olympics
Bird’s Nest is Beijing’s national stadium which took four years to build. Beijing Olympics would be held from August 8-24. The slogan for the games is “One World One Dream”. The official logo for the games is titled “Dancing Beijing”. It is estimated that there are around 1,00,000 volunteers for the games which is the highest ever compared to the past.
India at Beijing Olympics 2008
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The (Indian) government was on Tuesday claiming to have made adequate security arrangements to ensure that the Olympic torch relay in the Capital on April 17 was not disrupted, but Tibetan protesters took the security personnel by surprise by taking out their own ‘protest torch relay’ on Rajpath. Continue reading ‘Tibet Steals (Lime) Light Off Beijing Olympics’
