newly-built, the gymnasium of the beijing university of technology is ready to welcome two sports for the 2008 olympic games - badminton and rhythmic gymnastics. successful test events were held for both towards the end of last year. twenty-four years after becoming a full medal discipline at the los angeles olympics, the rhythmic gymnastics will take place on an area measuring 2,738 square metres. four warm-up carpets are nearby. following the recent invitational tournament, which attracted 76 gymnasts from 17 countries, the setting drew strong praise from the federation of international gymnastics. soundbite (english) "so, what do you need to make your dream come true? you need the professional team; that we have. you need wonderful volunteers - we have. and you need outstanding venues - we have that." supercaption: andr? f. grueisbuhler, secretary general of fig europe has been a traditional powerhouse for this sport. but these fine facilities, coupled with a bronze medal in the...
one of six olympic venues built on a beijing university campus, the gymnasium at the university of science and technology will host judo and taekwondo at the 2008 summer olympics. after two years...
newly expanded and renovated, the gym at the beijing university of aeronautics and astronautics will house the weightlifting competitions at the 2008 olympics. but with less than seven months until...
from the outside, it's a rather imposing rectangular box. but this is already being dubbed the 'coolest' building of the 2008 olympics. officially handed over to games' organisers on monday,...
beijing traffic is amongst the worst in the world. the chinese capital, set to host the 2008 summer olympics, has a population of 17 million people, and three million vehicles, on its overcrowded...
the 20 competition venues and 28 training sites are built and ready for the 2008 paralympics in beijing. there is, though, still much to do to ensure a smooth games for the world's best disabled...
beijing's 91,000-seat national stadium will be the only outstanding building project to be completed in 2008 in time for the summer olympics, organisers have confirmed. bocog vice president jiang...
upsound: (english) tibetan protestors. "we want justice. team tibet, to the games. team tibet, to the games. team tibet, to the games." the tibetan cause came to switzerland this week as protestors...
the water cube at night. this building is one of the signature venues of the 2008 beijing olympics, and on tuesday the national aquatic center hosted its first high-profile diving event - the...
behind these walls china's olympics gymnasts are preparing for their assault on beijing 2008. to say the games hosts are taking the gymnastics events seriously is a serious understatement. the...
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