Olympic News Circle: Summer & Winter Olympics

Tickets for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will go on sale on October 11, 2008. Kewl~ I wish I can get a ticket to opening ceremony.

The Vancouver Game will be held between February 12 and February 28, 2010, and followed by the Paralympic Games. Ticket prices for the opening and closing ceremonies will range between C$175 and C$1,100, making them less costly than the 2006 ceremonies in Turin and the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, organizers said. Ticket distribution will not happen until late 2009 to reduce potential counterfeiting.

So I guess you pre-order the ticket in October 2008 and then get the ticket in late 2009.
View Vancouver 2010 Olympic Ticket Price.

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How did China Olympic Committee come up with Beijing 2008 logo?

We all know that the emblem is created to simulate a Chinese traditional stamp with the signature character “京”. However, more recently, someone proposed that the evoluation of the emblem actually arise as follows…. [which is kinda shocking…..]

View Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem Artist’s Original Concept.
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Now here is something you don’t see every day. This German guy is amazing. He won three medals in Turino 2006 Winter Olympic Games. All three are Gold Medals! All three are in Biathlon event!!! Outstanding. Triple Golds for Germany. The only athlet in Torino Olympics with triple golds.

Michael Greis’s Golds
Biathlon: Men’s 20 km Individual (February 11, 2006) ›› see the podium moment
Biathlon: Men’s 4×7.5 km Relay (February 21, 2006) ›› see the podium moment
Biathlon:Men’s 15 km Mass Start (February 25, 2006) ›› see the podium moment

Here is the 2nd version of promotion commercial for Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games China with a Chinese song. Version #1 can be viewed here.
View this Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Promotion video clip.

Here is promotion commercial for Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games Greece with a Greek song.
View this Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Promotion video clip.
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	Country		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		Germany	11	12	6	29
2		United States	9	9	7	25
3		Canada	7	10	7	24
4		Austria	9	7	7	23
5		Russia	8	6	8	22
6		Norway	2	8	9	19
7		Sweden	7	2	5	14
8		Switzerland	5	4	5	14
9		South Korea	6	3	2	11
10		Italy	5	0	6	11
11		China	2	4	5	11
12		France	3	2	4	9
12		Netherlands	3	2	4	9
14		Finland	0	6	3	9
15		Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
16		Estonia	3	0	0	3
17		Croatia	1	2	0	3
18		Australia	1	0	1	2
19		Poland	0	1	1	2
20		Ukraine	0	0	2	2
21		Japan	1	0	0	1
22		Belarus	0	1	0	1
22		Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
22		Great Britain	0	1	0	1
22		Slovakia	0	1	0	1
26		Latvia	0	0	1	1

Above are the results for Turino 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. Canada is ranked 3rd overall. Very nice. Hopefully 1st in Vancouver Whistler 2010 Olympic Winter Game.