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10th September 2007

Carlsbad Biotech to Supply E. Coli Test Kits

Carlsbad-based Invitrogen Corp, has won a contract to supply E. Coli testing kits for the Beijing Olympic Games. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympics is doing its best to ensure that food provided to the athletes will be clean and healthy.

They are even using Global Positioning System satellites to monitor food production, processing factories and food hygiene for food which will be sent to the athlete’s villages.

China is still a developing country and stomach bugs are not uncommon for travelers visiting the country.

Read more: Invitrogen Strives for Gold Medal Performance at Beijing Olympics

England’s women’s soccer team barred from Olympics

England’s women’s soccer team has been barred from competing in the Beijing Olympics. They have been barred because “England does not have its own separate National Olympic Committee.”

They are soon to compete in the World Cup in China.

“It is a disappointment for everyone but the players have moved on and will put it to the back of their minds because the first game is on Tuesday. We are not letting it overshadow the tournament,” England’s coach Hope Powell said.

Read more: England women’s football team barred from Olympics

9th September 2007

Australia beats North Korea in soccer

Australia’s under 23 soccer team beat North Korea 1-0 in an Olympic qualifying match.

Australia needs to grab one of three Asian spots to get into the Olympic games.

Indian swimming event added as qualifier

The Senior National aquatics championship to be held in Panaji, Goa has been recognized as a qualifying event for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

It is the first time for an Indian aquatic event to be recognized as a qualifying event for the Olympics.

Unitl now only Virdhwal Khade has qualified for the Olympics in swimming in the 200 meters freestyle.

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Beijing Olympic radio through a cap

People attending the Olympic Games in Beijing will be able to get all of the latest event and weather information through a radio equipped cap.

People attending the Olympic Games would wear a cap to take shelter from summer sunlight anyway, if the cap happens to be a radio for the Olympic events, how can they refuse?” Xinhua quoted Xu Jun, director of the Olympic Radio of the China Radio International (CRI), as saying.

The broadcast will be available in Chinese, English, Russian, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Korean and German.

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Torch route overcomes Taiwan political concerns

Taiwan has accepted the Beijing Organizing Committee’s torch route through Taiwan. The route was initially rejected not because of the path not because of the direction, but the way that Beijing said that Taiwan was the first “domestic” stopover for the torch.

China views Taiwan as a state of its country, while Taiwan generally see itself as an independent state.

“The two sides are only one step away from signing an agreement [on the torch route], but that step may be one step too far if side issues are raised,” Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Chen Ming-tong said.

Read more: Olympic torch relay route `acceptable,’ Premier Chang says

Nastia Liukin just misses out on gold

American gymnast, Nastia Liukin just missed out on a gold in the uneven bars at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Russian, Ksenia Semenova beat the American by just 0.05 points. Her father and coach Valeri questioned the score from an Australian judge who gave her 8.8 points while the other judges gave a score of 9.1.

“It’s cheating, and it’s been going on this whole competition,” Liukin said. “Even when she’d stick it, the scores were bad. So, I don’t know. There’s something going on. Everybody was pointing at her.”

American Alicia Sacramone, won a bronze for the vault.

Read more: Liukin Wins Silver in Uneven Bars

Australia disappointed with athletic results

Danny Corcoran, chief executive of Athletics Australia, was disappointed with the results of the Australian team at the recent athletics meet in Osaka. Jana Rawlinson in the 400m hurdles and Nathan Deakes in 50km walk both won gold medals, other medal hopes did not fair as well.

Medal hopes included: pole vaulters Steve Hooker, Paul Burgess and Kym Howe, long jumper Bronwyn Thompson, 1500m runner Sarah Jamieson, 400m runner John Steffensen and 5000m runner Craig Mottram all finished out of the medals.

“I think there was an enormous wake-up call for the sport”, said Danny Corcoran.

“We don’t want to have the same feelings walking away (from) the Beijing Olympics.

“Beijing will be the defining moment for a lot of athletes’ careers. We have to be a darn sight wiser there and this time they have to get the preparation right. The underlying sentiment is there won’t be second chances for a lot of them after Beijing.”

Read more: Last chance saloon for Olympics

Hu in invites Australian opposition leader to Olympics

China’s President Hu Jintao at the recent APEC meeting in Sydney, Australia invited the opposition and leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) Kevin Rudd, to the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Rudd is one of the few Mandarin speakers from a western country in his level of position. Hu and Rudd spoke together for about 30 minutes in Mandarin.

8th September 2007

Bad luck for Yamazaki

Yuki Yamazaki from Japan who competed in the 50-kilometer walk in Osaka was mistakenly led into the stadium by an official. He still had 2 kilometers to complete.

Unfortunately for for Yamazaki he was listed as “not finished” for the race. He was coming in ninth place at the time and a finish in the top eight would have seen him clinch a spot in the Beijing Olympics.

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