Olympics & Sports AhBoon | 21 Aug 2008
Terrifying Diving Events in Beijing Olympics
Guo Jingjing is one of the most sexiest female athletics in Beijing Olympics and she also became the most successful diver in Olympic history Sunday by winning the women’s springboard event.
It was the second goal medal of these Games and the sixth of her career. She had been tied with China’s Fu Minxia and American Greg Louganis for the most diving medals all time.
Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics whilst jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Successful competitors possess many of the same characteristics as gymnasts and dancers, including strength, flexibility, kinaesthetic judgment and air awareness.
However if you think it is fun and you are thinking of learning it, then think again, you will understand what I say after looking at these pictures…
Event & Olympics AhBoon | 13 Aug 2008
Great Moments in Beach Volleyball of Beijing Olympics
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh; The beach volleyball’s dominant team ranked No. 1 in the world prepares for a second gold medal in Beijing Olympics. They beat The Cuban team their 103rd consecutive victory, to virtually assure themselves of a berth in the round of 16, which gets underway Friday.
Beach Volley is one of the most Hottest matches in Beijing 2008 Olympics, bikini-clad competitors, cheered on by dancing “beach babies” cheer leaders and a raucous crowd.
“Beach-babies” sporting bikinis danced to rock music played by a DJ, and were sometimes accompanied by Olympic volunteers.
Some 12,000 spectators in Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground seemed to enjoy the time-outs – during which the cheerleaders danced and huge video screens panned the audience – as much as the competition.
Architecture & Olympics AhBoon | 08 Aug 2008
The Most Exicting Venues of Beijing Olympics 2008
The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony beginning at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
It is going to begin at tonight; All together 205 countries will be participating in the 2008 Olympic. China and Chinese people are now absolutely ready to celebrate this feast of games.
Altogether 31 venues will be used in Beijing during the 29th Olympiad. All of them have been completed early this year. An additional six cities, namely Hong Kong, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin, will also co-operate with Beijing to run the Equestrian, Sailing and the Football Preliminaries.
Here are some of the exciting venues for Beijing Olympics 2008.
Olympics & Video AhBoon | 04 Aug 2008
Leaked – Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony
Gymnast Li Ning lights the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.
The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will begin from August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony beginning at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium (The Bird Nest) in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
Stringent security surrounding the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics has failed, with a Korean television station broadcasting preview footage after a reporter managed to walk into the National Stadium during a rehearsal on Monday.
The opening ceremony, directed by China’s best-known film director, Zhang Yimou, has been under the strictest security. Design and production teams and the thousands of cast members have been required to sign confidentiality agreements. Breaches are punishable by up to seven years jail.
Beijing Olympics spokesman Sun Weide last night told The Age the footage was obtained by “abnormal means” and questioned the professional standards of the reporter. But he said: “We hope to surprise the world with an excellent performance.”
