The family of swimming star Rebecca Adlington have spoken of their elation at her gold medal at the Beijing Games. ...full story at Sky News
from Sky News on Mon, Aug 11 2008
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| 03 Aug 08 |
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Card Sharks: How Much Gold is in a Gold Medal? »
YouTube video If your friend is going to Beijing and trying to win that Olympic Gold and sell it off at $1,000 an ounce, you might want to tell them how much gold is really in a Gold Medal, This is from 1988 in time for those Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. |
| 29 Aug 08 |
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China: The Cost of a Gold Medal » Global Voices Zhaomu re-posted a forum article which calculated the cost of a gold medal exemplified by the Olympic shooting team. It is estimated that a gold medal costs between RMB30 - 80 millions (around US4.5 - 10 million). |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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Predictable gold medals » James Reynolds There are some gold medals in these Olympics which are so easy to predict that it's surprising that the medal ceremony isn't held before the Games begin so as to get it all out of the way. There are four medal events in the table tennis - and China... |
| 21 Aug 08 |
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China: Only Gold Medal Matters? » Global Voices Luqiu Luwei from my1510 criticizes the Chinese mainstream media for giving too much attention to the gold medal winners as if other medal winners or participants haven't been performing good enough to be proud of. |
| 29 Jul 08 |
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Romero changes seats in pursuit of history and independence » Guardian Blogs Rebecca Romero is hoping to add a cycling gold medal in Beijing to her silver in rowing from Athens in 2004 |
| 11 Aug 08 |
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India, Britain end long waits for Olympic gold » Countdown to Beijing In all the excitement over Michael Phelps and his bid for eight golds it’d be easy to overlook a few other extraordinary achievements at the Games today. Amid the gold rush at the Water Cube, Rebecca Adlington won Britain’s first Olympi... |
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