2008 Olympic Pictures

Brady Ellison rapidly climbed the Archery ranks following the 2008 Beijing Olympics. YouTube Video:  No YouTube read more  

Categories: Art, Diving, Matthew MitchamTags: Ian McKellen, Matthew Mitcham, OlympicsWith the Olympics in London this summer, it’s only fitting that portraits and photos of gold medal diver Matthew Mitcham will be featured as part of an exhibit in the city for Australian artist Ross Watson. As part of the run-up to the Sept. 25 exhibit opening, actor Sir Ian McKellen has signed a print [...](Read more...)  

Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as their laboratory, University of Southern California (USC) researchers and colleagues have found biological evidence that even a short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves one's cardiovascular health  

How that will play out remains to be seem: some claimed figure skater Johnny Weir's flamboyant performance style landed him a lower score in the 2010 Winter Olympics, but did not play a factor when diver Matthew Mitcham nabbed the highest ...  

Although many studies have raised the alarm about the connection between pollution and an increased rate of heart attack and stroke, these analyses have suffered from one key weakness: how could the researchers know for sure that the rise in ...  

A host of air pollutants were measured at the hospital and factors like temperature ... important because the chronic effects of high blood pressure and cholesterol problems begin in youth and increase cardiovascular disease risk at older ages.  

I remember thinking on my first day at the newspaper office where I was going to be for the Beijing Olympics, that I never imagined I would encounter the risk of peeing on myself at work. For there in the new China Daily website office with its break-out ...  

Ai, who is under state surveillance at his home in the Chinese capital, told the Yomiuri Shimbun the 2008 Games were just propaganda for the ruling party. "The Beijing Olympics have oppressed the life of the general public with the latest technologies and ...  

There were bronze medals for Britain in the rowing: Elise Laverick and Anna Bebington came third in the women's double sculls, as did Matthew Wells and Stephen Rowbotham in the men's double sculls. But a lack of wind frustrated Britain's attempts to win ...  

At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the Russian women didn't bring home a single medal in artistic gymnastics, though the Russians did take the team and individual golds in rhythmic gymnastics. The young women and coaches of Russia's team today are ...  

According to Li, China will send a young canoeing/kayaking team to London this summer, with their two-time gold medalists Meng Guanliang/Yang Wenjun already retired after Beijing Olympics. "After the Beijing Games, 16 out of the 18 athletes from the ...  

The two-time Olympic equestrian from Duvall, Wash., and former volunteer firefighter in the Seattle area died Thursday. She was 42. Tryon won a bronze medal in team eventing at the 2004 Athens Olympics and took part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  

China's star hurdler Liu Xiang is still struggling with an injury that ended his quest to win a gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, state media reported, quoting his coach. The 28-year-old Chinese athletics star was a shock Olympic champion in ...  

The U.S. has continued building on its six-medal performance at the Beijing Olympics over the last four years, with Zagunis winning world titles in 2009 and 2010 and Americans becoming an increasingly familiar site ... a member of the world ...  

Amy Tryon, the former Olympic equestrian from Duvall, died Thursday. She was 42. Tryon, who won the bronze medal in team eventing at the 2004 Athens Games and also was on the U.S. team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, passed away in her sleep.