Finland Take Their First Gold Medal of the Games - US takes Bronze- Women's T...

Finnish Shooting Champion Satu Mäkelä-Nummela today won GOLD for Finland.   The video of the winning shots can be seen here:   " Satu Makela-Nummela of Finland scored 91 hits to take the women's...

Rumours of meningitis outbreak in Olympic co-host city Qingdao denied

Chinese health officials are denying rumours of cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak in the Olympic co-host city of Qingdao. Health ministry reassures that the future site of the Olympic sailing events has seen no...

Beijing rehearses fireworks for the Opening Ceremonies

On Wednesday night, Beijing residents and city guests could watch the rehearsal of fireworks for the Olympic opening ceremonies at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium. The excitement is in the air as the Olympics are fast approaching in 22 days. Judging from the...

Beijing hotels less than 50% booked three weeks before the Olympics

There are twenty-three days to go before the opening ceremonies of the long-awaited and very controversial Beijing Olympic Games kick off on August 8th. Many months prior, Beijing’s officials and inhabitants...

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