The Beijing Olympics

The Beijing Olympics were without doubt a huge success, both for the nation of China and our very own Great Britain. Never has an Olympic Games come under so much scrutiny and for the wrong reasons. We all know about the history of the Chinese human rights issues and this, for many, was a reason not to have given the Games to China. For me, this was a chance for China to show the world that they can and will move on from that and I have to say they grabbed it with both hands. The opening ceremony was something to behold and I very much doubt, particularly taking the current economic climate, that London 2012 will be able to get anywhere near to the quality of ...  Read the complete review

4 years has come and gone and we've seen another Olympic Games. I always like to think the country with the best competitors will win the most medals but that's not always the case with the very real influence of drugs in modern sporting events. This year its being held in China amongst problems with Pollution (expect to see lots of it despite the Governments best efforts to reduce vehicle emissions by actually banning traffic!), political protests (expect to see none of them unless you live in the West as all tv in China is censored by their overly protective Government) and hopefully a good Games in the spirit of fair play so hopefully little or no drugs ...  Read the complete review

Now that the olympics are over for another 4 years it seems the perfect time to reflect on the events that start on 08.08.08 in the Chinese city of Beijing. You cannot fail to have noticed that even before the start of the Olympics there where constant reports about air pollution and how it may affect the athletes and many views over the city looking like smog bound London. In addition to this all was not well in Quindao etiher there where lots of boats out in the sea removing massive amounts of weed in order that the sailing could take place incident free, things where not looking good for China. The opening ceremony was spectacular and really ...  Read the complete review

Admittedly, I am not a massive sports fan but even I make an exception when it comes to the once-every-four-years spectacle that is the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games showcases the best of the best, it is the pinnacle of sport for all of its competitors and is a spectacle to watch for us mere mortals! The Olympics of 2008 was the 29th Olympic Games, and what an amazing games it was too. The Olympics Games of 2008 took place in Beijing, the capital city of China. China was awarded these games in 2001, and have spent the past 7 years creating the amazing venues that we have seen on our television screens over the past 2 weeks across the city. These venues ...  Read the complete review

Well the Olympic party has moved on to the paralympic games next before we can really focus on London 2012, I must say I find it annoying that this event still gets such little coveridge, surely the handover as an Olympic venue from Beijing to London should have took place at the closing ceremony of these games and not the ones just finished after all there were a couple of contestants able to compete in both events so certainly their Olympics has not ended and neither has that of many athletes funded by our own lottery money. I wonder if Dooyoo will actually decide to set up a seperate category for us to review or will they ignore it as well? As ...  Read the complete review