(BEIJING, April 13) — Quite possibly the most talked-about torchbearer at the moment is a young, slender Chinese woman who used her own body to protect the sacred flame during its journey in Paris.
Jin Jing, a 27-year-old Paralympic athlete, was lunged at while she carried the Olympic torch along its route in France. Without hesitation, […]
A torchbearer runs with the torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, on May 8, 2008.
QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, Tibet, May 8 (Xinhua) — Nineteen Chinese mountaineers left the top of Mount Qomolangma at about 10 a.m. Beijing Time Thursday after relaying the Olympic torch on the world’s highest peak.
They are expected to reach the 7,028-meter-high camp or even the 6,500-meter-high camp before the sunset.
Five mountaineers relayed the torch over the […]
Beijing should erect a monument in honor of Olympic volunteers, said a deputy to China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress, on Monday.”Besides the sports facilities, the Beijing Olympic Games should also leave some intangible heritage for the nation,” said Zhou Hongyu, a lawmaker from the central province of Hubei.
The spirits of the volunteers […]
A meeting for volunteer drivers during the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games convenes.
(BEIJING, March 4) – Volunteer drivers for the Beijing 2008 Olympics and Paralympics took part in a meeting on Tuesday afternoon alongside representatives from various government agencies, education groups, transportation authorities, foreign investment enterprises, and other organizations. Almost a thousand people were present at […]
Meet Li Na, a second year graduate student from Beijing Language and Culture University. This jolly, good-humored “Good Luck Beijing” volunteer has earned the nickname “Supergirl” due to her unending efforts and infectious spirit in helping the capital city gear up for the Games.A Sleepless Night
“Supergirl,” as her Iranian athlete friends like to call her, […]
In conformity with the requirements of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), international rules and Beijing’s bid pledges, BOCOG will provide standardized, diversified and personalized transport services for an estimated 50,000 people attending the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a BOCOG official said on Tuesday.Clients include members of the Olympic Family, athletes, team and technical officials, […]
After his NBA debut last October, Chinese basketball sensation Yi Jianlian is now on his way to building a successful career.
And this summer, he has a great chance for glory when he’ll team up with Yao Ming and the other Chinese national team players to try for their best ever performance at an Olympic Games.
In […]
Germany’s Birgit Fischer, who won eight canoeing gold medals in six Olympics between 1980 and 2004, said on Tuesday she was abandoning plans to try to compete in the Beijing Games. Fischer, 45, won an eighth gold medal in Athens in 2004 in the women’s K4 500.
”My decision not to try for Beijing is final,” Fischer […]
According to the relevant provisions of国际乒联, from May 1, 2007 to April 30, 2008 for the Olympic qualification points, we will send more first team and the other team members to participate in international professional tour for integral to World rankings to participate in the final stage of the competition are eligible. Earlier国际乒联entries qualified for […]
