Somjit Jongjohor : Gold 2008 Beijing Boxing [Flyweight]

He represents Thailand in the Beijing 2008 Olympics Flyweight category and says that it's his last contest after which he would continue his boxing career as a coach.[2]

info about : Somjit Jongjohor
country : thailand
World Amateur Championships
Gold 2003 Bangkok Flyweight
Silver 2007 Chicago Flyweight
Asian Games
Gold 2002 Busan Flyweight
Silver 2006 Doha Flyweight
Olympics Games
Gold 2008 Beijing Flyweight

ผลงานในโอลิมปิกฤดูร้อน 2008

สมจิตรเข้าแข่งขันในรุ่นฟลายเวท (51 กิโลกรัม) โดยเส้นทางการชกเป็นดังนี้

• รอบ 32 คนสุดท้าย (12 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2551): ชนะ เอ็ดดี้ วาเลนซูเอลา ( กัวเตมาลา ) 6-1
• รอบ 16 คนสุดท้าย (16 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2551): ชนะ ซามีร์ มามาดอฟ ( อาเซอร์ไบจาน ) 10-2
• รอบ 8 คนสุดท้าย (20 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2551): ชนะ อันวาร์ ยูซูนอฟ ( ทาจิกิสถาน ) 8-1
• รอบรองชนะเลิศ (22 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2551): ชนะ วิเซนโซ ปิกาดี ( อิตาลี ) 7-1
• รอบชิงชนะเลิศ (23 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2551): ชนะ อันดริส ลาฟฟิตา เฮอร์นานเดซ ( คิวบา) 8-1

Strombergs keeps his head to win BMX gold

(BEIJING, August 22) -- Maris Strombergs of Latvia kept a cool head in a heated Men's race to carve a narrow victory as BMX made its Olympic debut on Friday, August 22.

Strombergs grabbed the decisive lead in the first corner and rode with smooth confidence to win the gold medal as rivals crashed in his wake.

Americans Mike Day and Donny Robinson each avoided a costly spill in the second turn to win silver and bronze, respectively, in the eight-man final.

Strombergs, the reigning world champion, was fastest in the three runs that make up the semifinals to secure the preferred inside gate start position. With Friday's achievement, he notched Latvia's first gold medal of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Day won his semifinals heat, but could not get around Strombergs in the final despite a strong effort in the first turn.

Robinson overcame a poor outside-lane start position, earned after crashing in the final of the three semifinal runs, to claim bronze, thanks to his excellent bike handling skills.

Sifiso Nhlapo of South Africa, who had not crashed in two days of qualifying, slipped out in the second corner, taking Damien Godet of France and Australia's Jared Graves with him.

Jamaica's "Lightning" Bolt strikes again

By Andrew Cawthorne

BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain "Lightning" Bolt roared to gold in the 200 metres on Wednesday to become the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win an Olympic sprint double.

Bolt, whose father says owes his speed and power to the island's local yam vegetable, charged to a world record time of 19.30 seconds, falling to the floor in joy at the end.

"I'm Number One," he mouthed at TV cameras, beating his chest and blowing kisses at the 91,000 crowd in the Bird's Nest.

Bolt had won the 100m at the showcase Olympic stadium in swashbuckling style at the weekend, also setting a world record.

This time, he again joked on his way to the block, firing an imaginary arrow in the air, but looked deadly serious as he opened up a big gap and steamed through the finishing line to beat Michael Johnson's 1996 record by two hundredths of a second.

"I knew the track was a fast track but I didn't think this was possible. I'm shocked," Bolt said afterwards.

Johnson dubbed Bolt "Superman 2" during commentary for the BBC. "I looked at his start and just went, 'Wow'. Guys that tall should not be able to start like that," he said.

Competitors were awe-struck. "It's a brutal ass-whipping we took," said Kim Collins, of St Kitts and Nevis, who was seventh.

A heavy crash during women's points race

Photos: A heavy crash during women's points race

Track cyclist Satomi Wadami of Japan (back), Trine Schmidt of Denmark (L) and Sarah Hammer of the U.S. (front) fall after a crash during the women's points race of the Beijing Olymic Games cycling-track event at Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, China, Aug. 18, 2008. (Xinhua/Lu Mingxiang)

Tracks cyclist Satomi Wadami of Japan is assisted after a crash during the women's points race of the Beijing Olymic Games cycling-track event at Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, China, Aug. 18, 2008. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

Track cyclist Satomi Wadami of Japan (back), Trine Schmidt of Denmark (L) and Sarah Hammer of the U.S. (front) fall after a crash during the women's points race of the Beijing Olymic Games cycling-track event at Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing, China, Aug. 18, 2008. (Xinhua/Lu Mingxiang)

Zhang Ning, Women’s Singles Champion [Badminton]

Zhang Ning of China defeated fellow mate, Xie Xingfang, 21-12, 10-21 and 21-18 to bag the Women’s Badminton Singles Olympic gold medal. Maria Kristin Yulianti of Indonesia landed with bronze.

Germany Wins World Handball Championships, Qualifies for Beijing Olympics

Germany managed to lead Poland by 5 points to win the world handball championships. The final score was 29-24 and Denmark took the third place.

Fritz suffered a foot injury four minutes into the second half and was forced to leave the game with Germany leading 20-14. The hosts took a 21-14 lead before Poland went on a 7-1 run to close the gap to 22-21. But Pascal Hens scored two straight goals to give Germany a three goal lead and put them on the winning track.

Zhang Xiangxiang, Gold In Men’s 62kg [Weightlifting]

Zhang Xiangxiang, Gold In Men’s 62kg [Weightlifting]

Zhang Xiangxiang of China added another gold to the China’s Weightlifting golden chest by beating other opponents in Men’s 62kg category. He lifted a total of 319kg. Diego Salazar of Colombia had silver, Indonesia’s Triyatno made it to the third.

Olympics Pictograms

Gymnastics: Artistic, Soccer April 22nd, 2008..

This blog isn’t all about protests and getting hate mail, sometimes I get to be a Beijing Olympics fan pass along cool tidbits. As a Mandarin student, I really like the sports pictograms, I only wish all characters were as easy to decipher!

Guo Jingjing Is The Golden [Diving]

Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia is The Golden [Diving]


Guo Jingjing Is The Golden [Diving] in beijing olympics game 2008


The hot favourite duo in Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard does not disappoint all. Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia of China brought gold with 343.50 points. Russia’s Julia Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdnyakova closed in second with 323.61 points. Ditte Kotzian and Heike Fischer of Germany took bronze with 218.9 points

Guo jingjing interview by CNN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo_5SgVDkbg


About Guo Jingjing [Diving]
China
Age: 26

(Guo Jingjing)
"Diving Queen"

Guo Jingjing began her diving career a little late for an élite Chinese athlete: age 6. She managed to catch up, making her Olympic debut as a 14-year-old in Atlanta and winning two springboard golds in Athens. But Guo, now 26, and the other Chinese divers may have more catching up to do. In May she didn't even make the finals of a springboard event. It could be pre-Olympic jitters for one of a fleet of divers expected to sweep the medals. Maybe it's those outsize expectations that have made Guo a bit of a contrarian. When she dared spend time on endorsements after her Athens double, she was reprimanded by sports bureaucrats. And after she dismissed Canadian challenger Blythe Hartley as a "fatty," her coach had to apologize. "Guo Jingjing is just a child," he said. "She can't express herself perfectly." Except perhaps on a diving board.

Olympic Games

Gold 2008 Beijing Synchro Springboard
Gold 2004 Athens Synchro Springboard
Gold 2004 Athens 3m Springboard

Silver 2000 Sydney Synchro Springboard
Silver 2000 Sydney 3m Springboard

World Championships
Gold 2001 Fukuoka 3m Springboard
Gold 2001 Fukuoka Synchro Springboard
Gold 2003 Barcelona 3m Springboard
Gold 2003 Barcelona Synchro Springboard
Gold 2005 Montréal 3m Springboard
Gold 2005 Montréal Synchro Springboard
Gold 2007 Melbourne 3m Springboard
Gold 2007 Melbourne Synchro Springboard
Silver 1998 Perth 3m Springboard

Asian Games
Gold 1998 Bangkok 3m Springboard
Gold 2002 Busan 3m Springboard
Gold 2002 Busan Synchro Springboard
Gold 2006 Busan Synchro Springboard

Guo Jingjing wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Jingjing

Janos Baranyai Weightlifting Accident Beijing Olympics 2008

Janos Baranyai Weightlifting Accident Beijing Olympics 2008



Olympic Weightlifting Accident
From this year's Olympics, one of the worst weightlifting accidents ever! Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's first Olympics ended in agony.

Weightlifter Prapawadee wins first gold Olympic 2008 for Thailand

Weightlifter Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon wins first gold medal for Thailand in the women's 53kg division in the Beijing Olympic.

BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarak of Thailand claimed the title in the women's 53kg category weightlifting at Beijing Olympics on Sunday, setting a new Olympic record in clean and jerk.

She lifted 95kg in snatch and 126kg in clean and jerk for a winning total of 221kg. She attempted to break the world record of 129kg held by China's Li Ping, but failed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prapawadee_Jaroenrattanatarakoon

USA VS Chinese Olympic Men's Basketball

USA breaks Chinese hearts, 100 points

After a tight first quarter of Chinese three-pointers raining from the sky, the United States outclassed and out-dunked their hosts to a 101-70 victory in day one of the Olympic Men's Basketball tournament. The United States was led in scoring by Dwayne Wade with 19 points and Lebron James with 18. China's high-scorer was Yao Ming with 13 points.

Bolt will go for double gold in Beijing

Usain Bolt breaks the world record in New York (Photo credit: Getty Images)

(BEIJING, August 3) -- Men's 100m world record holder Usain Bolt of Jamaica got the green light from his coach to compete in both the 100m and 200m events at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

The 21-year-old sprinter has won nine out of ten races in the 100m and 200m competitions this year.

In the 100m, Bolt clocked 9.72 to break the world record in New York this May. He has the two quickest performances of the year under his belt.

Bolt's accomplishments don't stop there. In the 200m, Bolt has recorded the three fastest times of this year, culminating in his 19.67-second performance in Athens three weeks ago.

The double dash Olympic gold is one of the most coveted prizes of the Games. Many have tried, but few have been able to accomplish the feat.

Carl Lewis was the last to win the Olympic double gold 24 years ago in Los Angeles.

Drawing of lots for the Olympic football competitions

• Drawing of lots for the Olympic football competitions (men's):
Group A: Cote D'Ivoire (A1), Argentina (A2), Australia (A3), Serbia (A4)
Group B: Netherlands (B1), Nigeria (B2), Japan (B3), USA (B4)
Group C: China (C1), New Zealand (C2), Brazil (C3), Belgium (C4)
Group D: Republic of Korea (D1), Cameroon (D2), Honduras (D3), Italy (D4)

• Drawing of lots for the Olympic football competitions (women's):
Group E: China (E1), Sweden (E2), Argentina (E3), Canada (E4)
Group F: DPRK (F1), Nigeria (F2), Germany (F3), Brazil (F4)
Group G: Norway (G1), USA (G2), Japan (G3), New Zealand (G4)


Group stage

The 16 teams taking part in the final competition shall be divided into four groups of four teams. The FIFA Organising Committee shall divide the teams into groups by seeding and drawing lots in public, whilst taking sporting and geographical factors into consideration as far as possible. The teams in the four groups shall be designated as follows:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
A1 B1 C1 D1
A2 B2 C2 D2
A3 B3 C3 D3
A4 B4 C4 D4


The system of play shall be a league system, each team playing one match against each of the other teams in the same group, with three points for a win, one point for a draw, and none for a defeat.

The ranking of the teams in each group shall be determined as follows:

a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;

b) goal difference in all group matches;

c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their ranking shall be determined as follows:

d) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches between the teams concerned;

e) goal difference resulting from all group matches between the teams concerned;

f) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;

g) fair play point system, in which the number of yellow and red cards each team has received is evaluated;

h) drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

The two teams ranked first and second in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.

The matches in the group stage shall be played in accordance with a schedule drawn up by the FIFA Organising Committee and BOCOG. The last two matches in each group shall be scheduled to kick off simultaneously.

Quarter-finals

The eight teams that advance from the quarter-finals as follows:

Winner A v. Runner-up B = Winner 1
Winner B v. Runner-up A = Winner 2
Winner C v. Runner-up D = Winner 3
Winner D v. Runner-up C = Winner 4

The matches shall be played in accordance with the knockout system.

Semi-finals
The winners of the quarter-finals shall contest the semi-finals as follows:

Winner 1 v. Winner 3
Winner 2 v. Winner 4

The matches shall be played in accordance with the knockout system.



Final and play-off for third place

1. The winners of the semi-finals qualify for the final.

2. The losers of the semi-finals contest the play-off for the third place.

3. If the play-off for the third place is not played directly preceding the final and is a draw after 90 minutes, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner. However, if the match is played directly preceding the final and is a draw after 90 minutes, no extra time shall be played and the winner shall be determined immediately by kicks from the penalty mark.

4. If the final is a draw after 90 minutes, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner.

Contest Duration

Each match lasts 90 minutes, divided in two periods of 45 minutes each, with an interval of 15 minutes in between.If a match in the knockout stages is a draw after 90 minutes, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner.

Beijing Olympics opening

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — The 29th summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing on Friday night.

The following are some facts and figures about the opening ceremony.

THE VENUE

The opening was held in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, in the Olympic Green in northern Beijing.

The stadium was jointly designed by Herzog & de Meuron Design Office, and China Architecture Design & Research Group and ARUP. Its construction began on Dec. 24, 2003, and completed on June 30, 2008. Altogether 45,000 tonnes of steel was used to build its framework.

The stadium’s seating capacity is 91,000, including 11,000 temporary seats. The floor space is 258,000 square meters.

I was amazed by how Li Ning makes his way to light up the torch... soo cool! HE Flew!!!! He ran along the wall!! Look like the old chinese action movie.