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Phelps wins 8th gold medal in Beijing 2008 and breaks tie with Spitz

Michael Phelps won his eighth Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games to beat Mark Spitz’s 1972 record of seven, with victory in the 4×100m medley. The 23-year-old teamed up with Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and Jason Lezak to claim the historic gold for the United States in a world record time. They held off Australia [...]

New Record for Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva

The 26-year-old beat the record by a centimetre with a clearance of 5.05 metres, finishing ahead of American Jennifer Stuczynski, who cleared 4.80m. Russia’s Svetlana Feofanova took bronze with a vault of 4.75m. Isinbayeva, who has also won two world titles, has now broken the world record on three occasions this year - in Rome, Monaco, and [...]

Gold Medal at Olympics 2008 for Shawn Johnson

Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women’s competition Tuesday night, the balance beam. Johnson nailed her routine that is chock-full of difficult tricks, earning a 16.225. Her grin was a thousand times wider than the 4-inch-wide beam she had just conquered. The world champion, who already had a silver [...]

Olympic fighter kicks referee in the face

Taekwondo athlete kicked the referee at Olympics. A Cuban taekwondo athlete and his coach were banned for life after Angel Matos kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match disqualification. Watch the video on Be bored No More.com Cuban coach Leudis Gonzalez offered no apology for Matos’ actions during the men’s over-80 kg (176 [...]

2008 Olympic Games Beijing Closing Ceremony Highlights

Watch these highlight from the official closing ceremony of the 2008 olympics in Beijing.

The 15 Worst Celebrity Plastic Surgery Disasters

ad plastic surgery happens when someone feels pressure to look good and they have more money than brains. Which pretty much describes the majority of celebrities out there. Some of the following don’t quite look like human beings anymore, which would be tragic (this is voluntary! they didn’t have to look like this) if it weren’t [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Results

Handball > Olympics: Men’s handball results (18 Aug. 2008 3:14 GMT) Football > Olympics: Women’s football result - Japan 2 United States 4 (18 Aug. 2008 3:09 GMT) Baseball > Olympics: Baseball results (18 Aug. 2008 3:06 GMT) Athletics > Olympics: Athletics - women’s pole vault - final (18 Aug. 2008 2:48 GMT) Athletics > Olympics: Athletics - women’s pole vault - final (18 Aug. 2008 2:47 GMT) Athletics > Olympics: Athletics - Men’s 3000m steeplechase - Final (18 Aug. 2008 2:47 GMT) Gymnastics > [...]

The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games[1] is an international multi-sport event. The original Olympic Games (Greek: ?????????? ??????; [Olympiakoi Agones] (help·info)) were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until AD 393.[2] Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown by the Greek poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem [...]

Ian Thorpe, swimming for life

This is an excellent tutorial video of Ian Thorpe for all little kids and there parents on how to practice to be an Olympic champion. Ian swam in the Olympics in Sydney 2000.