Water Sports

Beijing's Sweet Video Setup

wired.com     19-Aug-2008          

Around our place, watching the Olympics is the order of the day. Our geeklet is just the right age to be fascinated by the entire spectacle, particularly swimming and gymnastics. Pretty much everything is in high-definition,...                    

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Losing to the Brits

bbc.co.uk     19-Aug-2008   1 related          

Britain Tops Australia in gold medals. Not my headline, but the words of the Sydney Morning Herald. It's an Olympic story that is getting quite a bit of play here - it got second billing on the SMH website, nudged off the top...                    

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Tri as hard as you can, but sometimes it's not enough

bbc.co.uk     19-Aug-2008   2 related          

Ming Tombs Reservoir You can plan and you can plan, but sometimes Olympic golds are decided by things you simply have no control over. Britain's former world triathlon champion Tim Don spent Thursday and Friday watching the...                    

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Marching to the rhythm of the news beat

sportsjournalists.co.uk     19-Aug-2008          

From Shekhar Bhatia in Beijing On Saturday, I filed for five Sunday newspapers and there were splashes, spreads and a few bylines. Undoubtedly, I am a happy man today. As a freelance news journalist who often dabbles in sport,...                    

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Swimming stories go beyond Phelps, Torres

annies-letters.blogspot.com     19-Aug-2008   139 related          

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=3536932 Swimming stories go beyond Phelps, Torres By Jim CapleUpdated: August 15, 2008, 1:23 PM ET BEIJING -- Most of the attention at Friday's swim...                    

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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Live Blog Day 11: Triathlon, track, baseball and diving

nationalpost.com     19-Aug-2008   3 related          

Hello and welcome to Day 11 of the National Post's live coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Every day for the duration of the games, the Post's Olympics editors will be curating a day-long post like this one that will...                    

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US Olympic Women's Water Polo Team Headed For Gold Medal Match After 9-8 Defeat Of Australia

about.com     19-Aug-2008          

Brenda Villa (Commerce, CA) scored three goals late including the winner with one minute remaining to defeat Australia 9-8 and the U.S. Olympic Team for Women's Water Polo is headed back to the Gold Medal game for the first...                    

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Written in Stars

www.blog.de     19-Aug-2008   7 related          

Now I may be a bit of a sceptic, but I don’t believe in horoscopes nor in or even destiny, I believe that person through hard work and dedication will make his own destiny but if you read the following news report like me you...                    

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British medals at Beijing Olympics … and 2012?

boris-johnson.com     19-Aug-2008          

What on earth has come over our aimless, feckless, hopeless youth? Shurely shome mishtake, I keep saying to myself. They must have the wrong country. As the news has rolled in from Beijing, and as... [Visit boris-johnson.com...                    

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Golden glory for team GB

intute.ac.uk     18-Aug-2008   57 related          

It’s day ten and Great Britain currently rank third in the Gold medal stakes at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Summer Games. Current medal rankings can be viewed here. With further details here. View Great Britain’s team profile on...                    

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