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  1. The Ultimate Olympics Games Group Headquarters This group brings together everything related to the Summer & Winter Olympics - including past, present & future games, the sports & the athletes. Re-live the greatest moments from Beijing 2008 and look ahead to Vancouver 2010 and Londo...
  2. Rhythmic Gymnastics: Grace and True Athleticism On the day of the opening of the 2008 Olympics, this lens is dedicated to the unsung heroes, the athletes who train, whose skill is unrivaled, yet are ignored or even ridiculed. The women of rhythmic gymnastics are amazing athletes. Their athleticis...
  3. Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games - February 12 to 28, 2010 Paralympic Winter Games - March 12 to 21, 2010 For the first time, the Winter Olympics will be held by the sea and some venues, such as the Richmond Olympic Oval, are at sea level. Also, for the first t...
  4. Usain Bolt, World's Fastest Man, on Top Gear Michael Phelps, meet Usain Bolt. What you do in the water, he does on land. Usain Bolt (born August 21, 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. He holds world and Olympic records in both the 100 metres and 200 metres, with times of 9.69 seconds and 19.30 seco...
  5. Athletes Who Made The Olympic Games History For those who love Olympics, sport and history - I suggest review about famous Olympic champions in Past and Present, greatest persons of their epoch. This is breif review of the athletes who won the most amount of gold, silver and bronze medals on...
  6. Shawn Johnson - Gymnast and Dancing Champion! Shawn Johnson is a talented gymnast, an Olympic medalist and has won Dancing with the Stars Season 8! And she's still only 17! Shawn was the youngest competitor ever on DWTS at 17 (Cody Linley was 18). Her partner was Mark Ballas Jr. Shawn also...
  7. Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. Yelena Isinbayeva holds the world record for female pole vault. Jelena Isinbayeva is pushing the world record higher nearly every time she participates in an athletics meeting. There has never been an fem...
  8. World Cookbook Collection A HUGE library of cookbooks from countries and regions around the world. Take a tour and start your collection today!
  9. Ski Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of Skiing Trivia Here Skiing may be a well established winter snow sport, but how much do you really know about it? This skiing quiz was made to be a fun trivia quiz.  It is only 10 questions, so test your knowledge of skiing, and after you complete this winter triv...
  10. All About Olympic Basketball - What is the Golden Box? The easiest way to score in the NBA is give the ball to big tall players and let them take a shot (or dunk) from up close. But not every team boasts a seven-foot-five centre like Yao Ming from China. And rare is the women's team with a six-foot-eight...
  11. Asafa Powell Asafa Powell is a Jamaican sprinter who held the world record in the 100 m sprint category from June 2005 to May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds, before he was overtaken by Usain Bolt.
  12. Allan Wells Allan Wipper Wells (born May 3, 1952) is a former Scottish athlete who became Olympic Champion in the 100 m at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
  13. All About Olympic Baseball - Last Time as an Event? "When I think of baseball in Asia, I'm always seeing a very disciplined, team-oriented aspect to the game," says CBC baseball analyst Warren Sawkiw. "There is no one better than the Asian countries at getting the sacrifice bunt down and making sure t...
  14. 10 Things You Should Know About China China is the biggest country in the world. Here I would like to give you an introduction to this fascinating country and facts that everyone should know.
  15. Sanya Richards Sanya Richards  is a Jamaican / American track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States.
  16. Andy Roddick, Professional Tennis Player Andy Roddick keeps playing outstanding tennis and "A-Rod" is a worthy successor of players like the great Pete Sampras. Read on to discover more Andy Roddick stuff! Buy Andy Roddick Art & Posters
  17. All About Olympic Cycling - New This Year BMX 18 sets of medals will be awarded in four disciplines: Track Cycling, Road Cycling, Mountain Bike, and, new for 2008, BMX. Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome (t...
  18. Olympian Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (b. December 12, 1974, Kapsabet, Kenya) is a middle and long distance champion athlete who now represents the United States. In July, 2008, Lagat won the US Olympic Trials in the 1500m and 5000m, making the Olympic team in b...
  19. The Best Olympics Statistics In the 2008 Beijing Olympics there are 302 events and about 906 medals that were awarded. Out of curiosity, we wanted to predict how many medals each country should receive based on their population and the number of athletes they send. We hypothesi...
  20. Steve Ovett Stephen Michael James Ovett OBE, born 9th October 1955, is a former middle distance champion form UK. He was a gold medalist in the 800m at the 1980 Olympic games, Moscow, and set world records for 1500m and 1 mile. Ovett first attracted internation...