Beijing Olympics

Beijing OlympicsBy Jenna Morningstar and Haley Everhart

What it is:

•The Beijing Olympics is a multisport event that combines different countries together.

WINTER SPORTS• Alpine Skiing • Biathlon• Bobsled • Cross –Country • Curling• Figure Skating• Freestyle Skiing • Ice Hockey Luge

• Nordic Combined• Short Track • Skeleton Ski Jumping • Snowboarding• Speed Skating

http://www.nbcolympics.com/alpineskiing/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/biathlon/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/bobsled/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/crosscountryskiing/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/curling/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/crosscountryskiing/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/curling/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/figureskating/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/freestyleskiing/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/icehockey/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/luge/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/nordiccombined/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/shorttrack/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/skeleton/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/skijumping/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/snowboarding/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/speedskating/index.html

SUMMER SPORTS• Archery• Badminton• Baseball• Basketball• Beach Volleyball• Boxing• CanoeKayak• Cycling• Diving• Equestrian• Fencing• FieldHockey• Gymnastics• Handball• Judo• Modern Pent• .Rhythmic Gym.

• Rowing• Sailing• Shooting• Soccer• Softball• Swimming Sync.• Swimming• TableTennis• Taekwondo Tennis• Track &Field• Trampoline• Triathlon• Volleyball• Water Polo• Weightlifting• Wrestling

http://www.nbcolympics.com/archery/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/badminton/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/baseball/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/basketball/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/beachvolleyball/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/boxing/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/canoekayak/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/diving/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/equestrian/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/fencing/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/fieldhockey/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/handball/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/judo/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/modernpentathlon/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/modernpentathlon/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/rhythmicgymnastics/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/rowing/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/shooting/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/soccer/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/synchronizedswimming/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/synchronizedswimming/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/tennis/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/trampoline/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/triathlon/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/volleyball/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/waterpolo/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/weightlifting/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/index.html

Why is it important

•The Olympics are important because they combine different countries and their abilities. Also it makes the countries interact with each other causing peace.

HOW

In ancient times Hera gave Hercules 12 tasks to do as punishment but when Augeas tried to cheat Hercules ,Hercules killed him and founded the Olympics.

This honored the God of all Gods, ZeusIn the beginning they only had one event

after 50 yrs there was two races and then added more through the years.

When

•August 8 to the 24, 2008

Where

•Its held at a different place every year. This year it was at Beijing, China.

Michael Phelps

•Swimmer from United States.•Won 14 Olympic gold medals.•Earned the World Swimmer of the Year

Award.•He was a part of the sports illustrated

magazines.

Shawn Jonshon

•Gymnasts from U.S.•Was enrolled in gymnastics at age 3•Trained 20-25 hrs a week.•Won many medals including cold medal in

balance beam.•Her and her roommate Liukin both took

the silver and gold medals home to the U.S.

RANK NAME GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL MEDALS

1 CHINA 51 21 28 100

2 UNITED STATES

36 28 36 110

3 RUSSIA 23 21 28 72

4 GREAT BRITAN

19 13 15 47

TOP 4 COUNTRIES THAT WON MEDALS

Citations

•http://en.beijing2008.cn?

•www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics•www.olympics.org/uk/games/beijing/index

_uk.asp•www.unep.org/Documents.multilingual/de

fault.asp?documentID=562&articleID=6086&l=en

http://en.beijing2008.cn/

http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics

http://www.olympics.org/uk/games/beijing/index_uk.asp

http://www.olympics.org/uk/games/beijing/index_uk.asp

http://www.unep.org/Documents.multilingual/default.asp?documentID=562&articleID=6086&l=en



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