Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance. ( 24 photos total ) A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images) Drummers perform during the... Read Full Story
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Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird’s Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance.
A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
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I am sure many editorials and perspectives will be written about the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. There have been the wonderful world record breaking times and medals won by the athletes. There are the stories about the host country China and the major impetus these Olympics have been to that country’s world perception. My take is little more introspective in nature.
I hope what we take from these Olympics is the lesson that we, as human beings, can get together in peace despite our... Read Full Story
Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance. Thousands of specks of light make up the Olympic rings on the floor of the arena and are then magically lifted into the sky. A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the... Read Full Story
Tomescu Constantina of Romania lunges across the finish line. (Photo credit: Guo Dayue/Xinhua) Romanian marathoner Tomescu Constantina added a gold to her country's Olympic medal count at the Beijing Games on Sunday morning. 38-year-old Tomescu led the pack from the 25km mark, and finished in 2 hours 26 minutes 44 seconds. World record holder Paula Radcliffe of Britain lagged far behind. Constantina Tomescu crosses the finish line. (Photo credit: Clive Rose/Getty Images) Constantina Tomescu... Read Full Story
It's finally here ladies and gents. The Olympic ceremony, the one that was so hush-hush , kicked off the 2008 Beijing Olympics some time during the night when we were fighting off the effects of cheap wine and late night Scotch. You can see the replay tonight on NBC around 7:30 EST and it's scheduled to last a mind-numbing four hours. So, we thought we'd help all of you by supplying a few photos from the event so you're at least left confident a bathroom break and/or Tecate run won't make... Read Full Story
Chen Yibing holds up his fist after his performance. (Photo credit: Xinhua) Photo Gallery >> China scored a total of 286.125 points to win the Men's Gymnastics Team gold at the Beijing Olympic Games on Tuesday. Japan finished second with 278.875 and the United States took the bronze with 275.850. Yang Wei dismounts from the rings. (Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Xiao Qin competes on the pommel horse. (Photo credit: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Yang Wei competes in the floor... Read Full Story
Everything about the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night was spectacular - even the fake fireworks used during the ceremony. That’s right - fake fireworks, in the form of computer animation, were employed to make the Beijing Olympics opening even more amazing.
Billions of viewers worldwide caught a glimpse of CGI effects to create part of the fireworks, according to the Beijing Times newspaper.
Gao Xiaolong told the newspaper about being pleased with his... Read Full Story
Pictures courtesy of rivercoolcool Who says that all went well in Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony ? Well a Chinese Blogger have something to say that not all went well , A giant Blue Screen was shown during the Opening of Olympics . I wonder why did the Technical People remove it immediately when they saw it. Pictures courtesy of gizmodo Thanks for subscribing you are invited Technology at Hand and you might also want to join Busby SEO Challenge and visit my PRC Nursing Board Exam Result... Read Full Story
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I hope the athletes, too, felt the Harmony that Zhang, Jang, and Tan strived to create in the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony. After all, the theme of the Beijing Olympics is, “One world, one dream... Read Full Story
