Today the opening Olympic ceremony is going to be held in Beijing, China. Although there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the location of the Olympics (due to both political and environmental problems) it is finally here!!!!! Personally I'm excited about a couple of sports including gymnastics and swimming but it looks like there is a sport for everyone.
List of Summer Olympic Sports:
Modern Pentathlon
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
BMX Racing
Canoing
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Diving
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Field Hockey
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
I know it is a long list!!! You should be able to catch most of the Olympics on television channels like ABC and NBC. I will post results as soon as possible for some of the popular sports.
GO TEAM USA!
Friday, August 8, 2008
The Summer OLYMPICS Are Here!!!!
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All of the games will be broadcast on NBC Universal channels, such as NBC, USA, CNBC, MSNBC, etc.
Sched. of broadcast can be found here: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/olympics/The_full_NBC_Universal_2008_Olympics_TV_broadcast_schedule.html
yay, swimming and gymnastics are my favorites too, brit! woo! :-D
USA Women's Qual for gymnastics just ended and they are in second place behind China! They messed up a lot but killed it on Beam and Vault. I am so excited to see how they do in semis. They have a lot of potential to beat China, easily!!!
My favorite is definitely Shawn Johnson!!!!
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