Britain's haul of 47 medals in Beijing must not be allowed to transmute back into plucky failure by 2012 ...full story at Guardian Blogs
from Guardian Blogs on Mon, Aug 25 2008
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British Cycling Stars Back On The Saddle »
YouTube video The OIympic games in London might seem a long way off, but Britain's cycling stars are already back in competition after their success in Beijing making sure they're still the best when it comes to 2012. Skys Olympics Correspondent Orla Chennaoui has been... |
| 25 Aug 08 |
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Beijing Olympics golden for China » Shanghaiist On the final day of competition, China took two gold medals and a silver in women's rhythmic gymnastics to end up with a total of 51 gold medals and 100 medals overall—its best Olympic medal haul to date. Number two United States and number three Russi... |
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Funding crisis for London 2012 » Guardian Blogs British athletes may be striking gold in Beijing, but will the credit crunch eat into their chances for 2012? |
| 21 Sep 08 |
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For Beijing, it's back to business » Shanghai Daily YESTERDAY marked the first day in two months that construction sites in Beijing were allowed to reopen, factories could resume production, and all cars were permitted to hit the road. The pollution curbs aimed... |
| 13 Oct 09 |
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Back From Holiday. » All Roads Well.. welcome back everyone. Hope you all had a good holiday, and enjoyed the show a couple weeks back! Working on getting back into the saddle after nearly 3 weeks on the run. Gotta be honest, getting on the plane back was difficult, but alas Air... |
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You know you’ve been in China too long when… » Sinocidal YES!!! - I know it’s my turn to post something and while trying to hide from my social responsibilities and avoid admitting that I’m back in China I was struck square in the face with an avalanche of pollution that send me choking back to my... |