Also encouraging, as was the case before the Games, the class of 2008 might, again ‘on paper,’ have the best professional potential of any U.S. Olympic team since 1996.

Beijing unveils Olympic symbols for 2008 Games By Cruz Fang (www.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2006-08-07 12:47 . The pictographs for the 2008 Beijing Olympics include 35 icons, representing each of ...

A nearly 20-meter-long dragon boat "raced" from its birthplace in Lanxi town, in Hunan province's Yiyang, to the lake of Beijing's Olympic Forest Park to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival.

China Aims to Boost Global Standing Through Olympics. Years of preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games culminated Friday as world leaders converged in China to watch the Games' opening ...

The update introduces a new UI design language called Liquid Glass for app optimisation. Liquid Glass adapts its appearance based on surrounding content across multiple Apple platforms.

Team USA was determined to reclaim its dominance and pride heading into the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The team's officials were confident that they could assemble a much better group than the squad ...

Ahead of her fight with Julianna Pena at UFC 316, Kayla Harrison shut down comparisons to Rousey.She points to her two Olympic gold medals in judo and contrasts them with Rousey’s bronze from ...

Hobson touched in 1:43.73, busting through the U.S. Open record of 1:44.10 that Phelps set at the 2008 Olympic Trials. He beat his previous best time, the 1:44.78 he posted in prelims, ...

8 Seconds. We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Emma Hua, age 16. By The Learning Network ...

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