beijing 2008

Pelops is back, and this time is personal. Computer is fixed, vacation expended, DVD collection exhausted - it’s a shame that just as I get back to blogging it all goes a little quiet on the Olympic front.
Here’s a couple of bolts out of the 2008 Beijing Olympic blue, just to get things rolling with [...]

The head of the International Gymnastics Federation revealed this week that he is pushing for a minimum age of 16 for participants in major competitions.
Xinhua has the story:
The president of FIG Bruno Grandi revealed the thought of adopting new age regulation after Beijing Games on Monday at the sideline of the ongoing [...]

Irony. Or perhaps another word that is equally hard to accurately use.
Sometimes you’ve just got to giggle, and start turning over Rolling Stones lyrics in your head: “You can’t always get what you want … you get what you need”.
What Beijing wanted was a couple of cutesy characters that the masses would adore and desire [...]

Only 250 days to go: is that fireworks I hear? Sure is, but it’s probably just another factory of them going up in smoke. Here’s your whizz-bang guide to the latest 2008 Beijing Olympic news.
AP: IOC expects free press at Beijing 2008
The International Olympic Committee said it expects Chinese authorities to give the media [...]

It’s easy to bitch about the Olympics, and to be honest it’s kinda fun too. But there’s no denying that every four years the games serve up some of the most emotional, exciting and generally memorable moments in sport.
Apart from in Athens in 2004 that is. Let’s not kid around - it was dull as [...]

It’s the old hardware versus software debate: China can build the fanciest stadiums and the quickest trains and the most hi-tech satellites, but until it gets people overseas thinking positive things about the Olympics, the games will continue to come with an asterix in many minds.
So how is the Bocog PR machine attempting to combat [...]

Agencies: Heat cranked up on home star Liu
Says coach Sun Haiping: “Officials from the State General Administration of Sports once told us if Liu could not win a gold in Beijing, all of his previous achievements would become meaningless.”
Pelops says: No one is under more pressure to win than Liu. The problem is, of [...]