A collection (by Xu Chi) of highlights in the Openning Ceremony of 29th Beijing Summer Olympic Games, August 8th, 2008. The background music is You and Me, theme song of the games, performed by Britain’s Sarah Brightman and China’s Liu Huan. Copyrights reserved by ??. Photos originates from AP, Xinhua, etc.
TV Guide Network takes you halfway around the world to Beijing, China as the United States shoots for Olympic glory. Get to know some of the athletes hoping to bring home the gold. American athletes in basketball, soccer, tae kwon do, boxing and swimming are profiled.
Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia) is an American gymnast. She was the first female gymnast outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-around title.
Rio de Janeiro Brasil sede das Olimpíadas de 2016 – Tema Oficial dos Jogos Olímpicos do Rio de Janeiro 2016 The host city for an Olympic Games is usually chosen seven years ahead of their celebration. The process of selection is currently carried out in two phases that span over a two-year period. The prospective host city first applies to its country’s Olympic Committee; if more than one city from the same country submits a proposal to its NOC, the national committee typically holds an internal selection, since only one city per NOC can be presented to the International Olympic Committee for consideration. Once the deadline for submission of proposals by the NOCs is reached, the first phase (Application) begins with the applicant cities asked to complete a questionnaire regarding several key criteria related to the organization of the Olympic Games. In this form, the applicants must give assurances that they will comply with the Olympic Charter and with any other regulations established by the IOC Executive Committee. The evaluation of the filled questionnaires by a specialized group provides the IOC with an overview of each applicant’s project and their potential to host the Games. Based on this technical evaluation, the IOC Excutive Board selects the applicants that will proceed to the candidature stage. Once the candidate cities are selected, they must submit to the IOC a bigger and more detailed presentation of their project as part of a …
Olympics announcement for the Olympics of 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 and choose the Host City for the Games, elected by the IOC members. songs: 1- Celine Dion – The power of the dream 2- Sayuris theme – Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack 3- Nikki Webster – Under the Southern Skies 4- Tina Arena – The Flame 5- 2004 Emblem presentation Vangelis 6- Clepsydra 7- ? 8- Forever friends 2008 Beijing soundtrack 9- Charlotte church? – just wave hello 10-Tchaikovsky – The nutcracker ballet – Pas de deux 11-Cidade Maravilhosa traditional Brazilian song 96th IOC session Tokyo, Japan 1990, Atlanta selected to host 1996 Summer Olympics 97th IOC session Birmingham, UK 1991 Nagano selected to host 1998 Winter Olympics 101st IOC session Monte Carlo, Monaco 1993 Sydney selected to host 2000 Summer Olympics 106th 1OC session Lausanne, Switzerland 1997 Athens selected to host 2004 Summer Olympics 112th 1OC session Moscow, Russia 2001 Beijing selected to host 2008 Summer Olympics 117th 1OC session Singapore 2005 London selected to host 2012 Summer Olympics 119th 1OC session Guatemala City, Guatemala Sochi selected to host 2014 Winter Olympics 106st 1OC session Copenhagen, Denmark Rio de Janeiro selected to host 2016 Summer Olympics