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29th October 2005

Boeing releases Beijing Olympic Painted Planes

Boeing Plane Beijing Olympics 2008

Article: http://www.luchtzak.be/article10392.html

24th October 2005

Controversies mar China’s National Games

The China National Games just ended on Sunday in Jiangsu Province were marred by a number of controversies including: doping, bad sportsmanship and biased judging.

The new stadiums that were constructed for the games were completed with a budget of one third of that of which will be spent on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Olympics: Poor reviews for Chinese games

22nd October 2005

Chinese men’s hockey qualifies for Beijing Olympics

The Chinese men’s hockey qualified for the Beijing Olympics. Read more about it here:

Chinese men’s hockey qualifies for Beijing Olympics

20th October 2005

Beijing Olympic Mascot

Guessing has started already on what the Olympic mascot is going to be. Some of the ideas include a giant panda or a Tibetan antelope. Another suggestion is the Chinese mythical The Monkey King.

The mascot will be announced on November 12th.

19th October 2005

Beijing Olympics Set to Make a Profit

Xinhuanet reports that the goal of US$ 16 million profit should be achieved. All stadiums construction has started and are planned to be completed by 2007.

The article also reports that the official mascot will be released at the 1000 day to go mark in only 23 days!

Beijing Olympiad sure to make target profit

16th October 2005

Joint hosting of Beijing Olympic Games

Four other cities in China will assist with hosting of the Beijing Olympics. The cities are: Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao.

The cities will be constructing new venues for the games which will help in the future development of sports in China.

Beijings Olympic Venues

There is a planned total of 31 venues that will be used for the Beijing Olympic Games - 11 will be new venues, another 11 are existing venues that will be revamped and another 9 will be of temporary construction.

The stadium for the opening and closing cermonies was designed by the Swiss architectural firm Herzog and de Meuron Architects. The stadium has been given the nick name the “birds nest” for its nest-like look and will seat 100,000 people.

Wushu to make first Olympic Debut

Although it won’t be included as one of the 28 official sports, Wushu will be played as a competitive event.

http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/oct/14wushu.htm

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As I write my first post to this site, it 1027 days until the start of the Beijing Olympics.

It is the start of a an almost 3 year project. I am hoping I can see it through to the end!