Great Britain's triumphant Olympic athletes will be given a victory parade when they return from Beijing. ...full story at Sky News
from Sky News on Mon, Aug 18 2008
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Britain's Olympic Parade, London »
YouTube video Britain's Olympic parade in London on 16 October 2008. Team GB's medal tally from Beijing was 19 gold, 13 silver, and 15 bronze.
For a sharper version, click the "watch in high quality" link. |
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Beijing Olympic Float in Los Angeles Rose Parade wins awardThe 2008 Olympic-themed Chinese float "One World, One Dream" takes part in the 119th annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California Jan. 1, 2008. » People's Daily The Beijing Olympic Float, which took part in the Pasadena Tournament of Rose Parade here on Tuesday, has won the Theme Trophy for excellence in presenting parade theme, organizers announced on Wednesday. The participation of the B ... |
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Beijing Olympic Float brings new inspirations to Rose Parade » People's Daily Millions of spectators from around the world cheered as the Beijing Olympic Float passed at the renowned Pasadena Tournament of Rose Parade on Tuesday. This was the first time that the Chinese people from the Chinese mainland and o ... |
| 22 Aug 08 |
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China: Athletes / Soldiers » Global Voices Laowiseass noticed Chinese state-run media had applied a troops-athletes metaphor in their report about Olympic victory. The blogger also pointed out that many Chinese regard the soldier-like training of athletes as universal normal practice. |
| 05 Apr 08 |
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Golden advice: Sports and politics don't mix » Shanghai Daily ATHLETES should not be used to make political points, and that view carries some weight. It comes from Steve Redgrave, Britain's five-time Olympic rowing gold medalist. Explaining why he will carry the Olympic torch for the London relay scheduled today... |
| 03 Aug 08 |
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A little drizzle won’t frazzle Olympic ceremony » Countdown to Beijing Olympic organisers are praying that it doesn’t rain on the athletes’ parade at next Friday’s opening ceremony, but a little drizzle might in fact add some fizzle to the lavish show. “The lighting effects will be more beautiful with... |
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