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The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games).
Read More at Wikipedia ›As the early morning mist rises over Pontevedra on Spain's northwest coast, one of their hottest Olympic medal prospects powers his canoe under the Roman bridge after which the town is named, barely noticed by local passers-by.
David Cal is months away from a shot at winning a fifth Olympic medal, which would make him Spain's most decorated Olympian, but it is hard to tell as he ploughs a lonely furrow in this forgotten corner of the Iberian peninsula.The broad-shouldered 29-year-old is conscious of making it into the history books but disarmingly modest about the task."The simplest thing to do is to think I'm going for my first medal," the softly-spoken Cal tells Reuters at the small marina on the River Lerez where he trains."Every sportsman wants a medal at the Olympics. I am always hungry for success. After I got two medals in Athens, a gold and a silver, I thought now what I wanted was two golds."I got two silvers in Beijing, which was good. There is no Spaniard who has won five Oly...London Olympic organizers say Zara Phillips, the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, will carry the Olympic torch while riding Toytown — the horse that nearly helpe...
Former world equestrian champion Zara Phillips carried the Olympic torch on horseback across the storied Cheltenham racecourse on Wednesday, as thousands of screamin...
Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas) secured his fourth U.S. Olympic Team nomination by outlasting the men's double trap field at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Shotgun on Ma...
Tara Whitten led a Canadian sweep of the first three spots in the Exergy Tour prologue Thursday after American gold medalist Kristin Armstrong fell and broke her lef...
Reigning champion Germany and 2011 runner-up Argentina wrapped up round-robin wins Wednesday at the World Team Cup tennis event, a final clay-court French Open tuneu...
Tara Whitten led a Canadian sweep of the first three spots in the Exergy Tour prologue Thursday after American gold medalist Kristin Armstrong fell and broke her lef...
Already eliminated from championship round contention, the United States managed its first win of the week Thursday at the World Team Cup tennis event, a final clay-...
Time to get out the cameras: Britain's most photogenic man will be bringing the Olympic flame back from Greece.David Beckham is joining officials at a handover cerem...
Six boxers punched their tickets to the London Games with stellar performances at the Americas Qualifier Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jamel Herring (Coram, ...
Jesse Joensuu scored his second goal with nine seconds remaining in the third period to lift Finland to a 3-2 victory over the United States in the quarterfinals of ...
Justin Faulk scored his second goal of the game with 22 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the United States to a 3-2 win over Kazakhstan at the 2012 World Champi...
Justin Faulk scored his second goal of the game with 22 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the United States to a 3-2 win over Kazakhstan at the 2012 World Champi...
British taekwondo officials on Friday picked Sarah Stevenson for the Olympic team at the London Games even though the world champion has not competed for months due ...
With the London Olympics no longer a possibility, Chellsie Memmel is moving on to a "new chapter" in her life.What that will involve, she doesn't know for sure."This...
This should be party time for football, yet it feels as if someone is poisoning the punch.The European Championship, arguably football's best international competiti...
Evelyn Stevens won the Exergy Tour following a final-stage breakaway, firmly cementing her claim to a berth on the U.S. Olympic team for the London Games.Stevens, of...
Discus thrower Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas) tossed a new world record of 62.18 meters en route to his gold-medal finish at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manche...
London Olympic organizers say Zara Phillips, the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, will carry the Olympic torch while riding Toytown -- the horse that nearly help...
Janet Evans finished sixth in the 800-meter freestyle Sunday at the Speedo Grand Challenge in the former Olympic champion's final tuneup meet before the Olympic tria...
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