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Canada Surpasses Medal Count from Athens
You can call me crazy or just say it’s nationalistic pride, but when CBC’s Olympic Primetime host Ian Hanomansing announced at midnight last Saturday that Canadians were up for three medals, I stayed up… til 2 am!
In the span of 45 minutes, Canadian athletes won three medals…
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Two Athletes Compete in the 2008 Olympics and Paralympics
It’s hard to make the Olympic team for your country as an able-bodied athlete. Imagine trying to accomplish that same feat but as a physically disabled athlete. Disabled is a misleading word as these athletes portrayed below are very able.
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Usain Bolt Runs to a World Record
Usain Bolt of Jamaica ran a world record 9.69 in the 100m to win Olympic Gold in Beijing. Bolt stopped pumping his arms at about the 80m mark yet managed to better the world record in an event he just started competing in last year.
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Posted in 2008 Summer Olympics
Tagged 100m Olympic final, Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt
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Phelps and Torres Record Hauls
With a strong butterfly leg in the 4×100 medley relay, Michael Phelps gave his teammate Jason Lezak the lead going into the final leg. The win gave Phelps a record 8 gold medals in one Olympics and seven World Records.
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Posted in 2008 Summer Olympics
Tagged Beijing Olympic swimming, Dara Torres, Michael Phelps
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Phelps Ties Spitz’s Record of Seven Golds
Michael Phelps edged Serbian Milorad Cavic in the 100m fly by the slightest of margins to capture his seventh gold medal in Olympic record time.
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Tagged Beijing Olympics swimming, Michael Phelps, seventh gold medal
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Phelps Sets Career Gold Medal Record
Michael Phelps again proved just how extraordinary a talent he is by winning two gold medals yesterday.
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Lip Syncing at Beijing Opening Ceremonies
Lin Miaoke sang “Ode to the Motherland” during the Beijing Opening Ceremonies, or so we thought. We now know she was lip syncing.
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Phelps Still On Track for Eight Olympic Golds
The 4x100m mens freestyle relay at the Beijing Olympics was a thriller! The Americans were at least a half body length behind the French with less than 50 meters to go. When CBC commentator Bryon MacDonald shared that Alain Bernard, swimming the final leg for France, was the world record holder for the 100m freestyle* I figured it would be all but impossible to catch him.
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Posted in 2008 Summer Olympics
Tagged 4x100m freestyle relay, Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps
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Is A Drug Free Olympic Games Possible?
The thing I love most about the Olympics is the inspirational stories. The times when an athlete has surpassed their personal best, overcome an adversity to compete or to medal, or broken a world record.
As I hear of more and more athletes being found guilty of using illegal performance enhancing substances, I find it harder to keep cynicism at bay. I’ll cheer and be excited when a record is set and then wonder if the athlete was clean.
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Will Phelps Win 8 Gold Medals?
Michael Phelps could win eight gold medals in swimming at the Beijing Olympics and break the record of 7 set by Mark Spitz in 1972.
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Posted in 2008 Summer Olympics
Tagged eight gold medal, Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, Olympic swimming
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