Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center
Location: East China’s Shandong Province
Competition: Sailing
Category: New competition venue
Qingdao
Qingdao is located on the southern coastline of the Shandong Peninsula, in east China’s Shandong Province. Dubbed “Eastern Switzerland”, Qingdao is one of China’s most important port cities. With an area of 10,654 km2, it has a population of 7.31 million by the end of 2004. (more…)
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Gymnastics : Height and landing are key in the vault competition
In this event, the gymnast runs in a controlled 25-metre sprint toward the vault, using a springboard to boost himself into the air. Some gymnasts do a round-off (which is similar to a cartwheel) onto the springboard and a back handspring onto the vault itself. The gymnast then pushes off the vault with his hands and does several twists and flips in the air before landing on the other side. (more…)
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Final Great Britain rowers named after trial
Tom Solesbury and Robin Bourne-Taylor have been named in Great Britain’s Olympic men’s pair after pipping Athens Olympian Toby Garbett in a late trial.
Garbett last week won an appeal against being dropped from the squad but could not come through in an eleventh-hour selection race in Austria.
Alex Gregory and Tom Parker have been named as reserves, ahead of Garbett, with Alice Freeman the women’s reserve. (more…)
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beach volleyball
Matches are best-of-three sets and use the rally point system. The first two matches are played to 21 points, with the final tie-breaker set played to 15 points. A team wins a set by two points; a set will continue until one of the teams acquires a two-point lead.
Unlike indoor volleyball, a block touch counts as one of the three allowable contacts in the beach game. (more…)
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UK amateur boxer Frankie Gavin to turn pro after Olympics
Britain’s world amateur lightweight champion Frankie Gavin has confirmed he will turn professional after the Beijing Olympic Games this summer.
The 24-year-old’s decision is sure to start a scramble among the world’s top promoters – he has already spoken to Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy group.
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Boxing Glossary
Blocking: Using the hands, shoulders or arms to prevent an opponent’s punch from landing cleanly on the head or torso.
Bout: A match between two competitors that consists of four two-minute rounds, with a one-minute break between rounds.
Break: A referee’s command for boxers to break from a clinch. On the command, each boxer takes a step back before continuing to fight.
Clinch: Two boxers holding, or leaning on each other and not throwing punches. (more…)
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Olympic BMX teams have trained at World Cycling Center
Most of the nations that have qualified for the BMX discipline at the Beijing Olympic Games have trained on the BMX track at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland.
Last week, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced the nations qualified for the BMX, which will make its Olympic début in Beijing. (more…)
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Mark Cavendish about olympics
Mark Cavendish believes fatigue from competing in the Tour de France will not affect his Olympics preparations.
The 23-year-old became the first Briton since Barry Hoban in 1973 to win two stages of the Tour and hopes to complete the gruelling three-week race.
“Whether I get to Paris we will see but I’ve got no plans to stop just yet,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“I’ll try for as long as possible. My Olympic event isn’t until 19 August – three and a half weeks after the Tour.”
Cavendish will team up with Bradley Wiggins in the madison in Beijing having won gold at this year’s world championships in Manchester.
The Isle of Man rider has followed up his track success by winning the fifth and eighth stages of the Tour, helping Team Columbia to a share of second in the team standings in the process.
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