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Tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams took home gold medals in women’s double for the second time. They talk with Harry Smith about their extraordinary experience in Beijing.
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Michael Phelps eats 12,000 calories of food a day to win all those gold medals. If that’s so, Phil and Sandy surmise that Fat Guys should be the best swimmers! To put it to the test they gorge themselves on an Olympian sized meal that follows Phelps own regiment. Then they jump in the pool to race against a real collegiate Swim Team to go for the gold!
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-08/06/content_6912001_2.htm
The classic Chinese tune of Molihua, (Jasmine Flower), played on ancient metal bells and modern jade chimes, has been chosen as the theme score for the Olympic medal ceremonies, composer Tan Dun, who adapted the piece for the Games, said Tuesday.
“Molihua is such an iconic piece it is almost a cultural symbol of China, so everybody thought it was a great choice,” the 50-year-old Oscar and Grammy award winner, said at a press conference in Beijing to announce the chosen music.
A four-part composition, co-written by Tan and Wang Hesheng, a composer with the Army orchestra, will be played before, during and after each of the 302 medal ceremonies.
The main melody, which Tan described as “glorious, heartwarming and full of respect”, was recorded using the digital recording of a 2,450-year-old bell set excavated from a site in Hubei.
Zhao Dongming, head of BOCOG’s culture and ceremonies department, said: “This piece of music reminds you of the gold medals for the Beijing Olympics, which are made of gold and jade.”
Tan, whose opera Tea recently made its Chinese debut in Beijing, said he is looking forward to his music being a key for the world to understand Chinese philosophy.
“The resonance of the 2,400-year-old metal bells and modern jade chimes reflects the aspiration of balance and harmony of our Chinese ancestors,” Tan, who also wrote the original score for Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, said.
“I hope people remember that China is still the ancient middle kingdom searching for harmony,” he said.
Visitors to Beijing can find the origins of the Chinese philosophy of blending metals and jade at the Confucius Temple, Zhao said.
Molihua dates back to ancient times in China, but it became known around the world when it was used by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini in his opera Turandot.
“From Puccini to the Beijing Olympics, this melody is a gift from the Chinese people to the world’s athletes,” Tan said.
Molihua was selected as the music for the medal ceremonies from more than 4,000 pieces submitted over the past four years by amateur and professional composers from around the world, Zhao said.
Duration : 0:1:53
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-08/06/content_6912001_2.htm
The classic Chinese tune of Molihua, (Jasmine Flower), played on ancient metal bells and modern jade chimes, has been chosen as the theme score for the Olympic medal ceremonies, composer Tan Dun, who adapted the piece for the Games, said Tuesday.
“Molihua is such an iconic piece it is almost a cultural symbol of China, so everybody thought it was a great choice,” the 50-year-old Oscar and Grammy award winner, said at a press conference in Beijing to announce the chosen music.
A four-part composition, co-written by Tan and Wang Hesheng, a composer with the Army orchestra, will be played before, during and after each of the 302 medal ceremonies.
The main melody, which Tan described as “glorious, heartwarming and full of respect”, was recorded using the digital recording of a 2,450-year-old bell set excavated from a site in Hubei.
Zhao Dongming, head of BOCOG’s culture and ceremonies department, said: “This piece of music reminds you of the gold medals for the Beijing Olympics, which are made of gold and jade.”
Tan, whose opera Tea recently made its Chinese debut in Beijing, said he is looking forward to his music being a key for the world to understand Chinese philosophy.
“The resonance of the 2,400-year-old metal bells and modern jade chimes reflects the aspiration of balance and harmony of our Chinese ancestors,” Tan, who also wrote the original score for Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, said.
“I hope people remember that China is still the ancient middle kingdom searching for harmony,” he said.
Visitors to Beijing can find the origins of the Chinese philosophy of blending metals and jade at the Confucius Temple, Zhao said.
Molihua dates back to ancient times in China, but it became known around the world when it was used by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini in his opera Turandot.
“From Puccini to the Beijing Olympics, this melody is a gift from the Chinese people to the world’s athletes,” Tan said.
Molihua was selected as the music for the medal ceremonies from more than 4,000 pieces submitted over the past four years by amateur and professional composers from around the world, Zhao said.
Duration : 0:1:53
Michael Phelps interview 2008 beijing Olympics
Michael Phelps interview 2008 beijing Olympics
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This vidoe has a small error. At 4:29, HUA Tian should “born to a British mother and a Chinese father”.
Regarding the disputes of ages of Chinese female gymnasts, please check this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtB5VLxOBsQ&feature=related
I think that “Dispute on age” is just a case of “sour grapes” on some American medias. Actually I appreciate them for not saying that “those girls are actually guys”.
China has thousands of excellent gymnasts. There is no need to cheat. China also has thousands of medias (some Westerners still think that “Communist China” only has one media). Among those Chinese medias, some could make mistakes. Actually most of the Chinese medias said those girls were over 16 while a few of them mistakenly said they were under 16. American media maliciously ignored the reports by Chinese mainstream media and used wrong reports by those little-known Chinese medias as “evidences”. The lesson for Westerners is that you must understand several languages to get information from different sources, otherwise you would be brainwashed.
After the closing ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympics, we can now give a list of the gold medalists of China. This list shows that China is strong in Weightlifting, Shooting, Diving, Judo, Gymnastics, Badminton, Trampoline, and Table Tennis. But, China still needs improvements in Swimming, Track & Fields, Sailing, Cycling, Basketball, Volleyball, and Soccer, etc.
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Title of the background music: Red Around the World (????)
MV of the background music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2XHmXnVSfM&feature=related
A list of gold medalists:
—Weightlifting—
Women’s 48kg: CHEN Xiexia
Men’s 56kg: LONG Qingquan
Women’s 58kg: CHEN Yanqing
Men’s 62kg: ZHANG Xiangxiang
Men’s 69kg: LIAO Hui
Women’s 69kg: LIU Chunhong
Women’s 75kg: CAO Lei
Men’s 85kg: LU Yong
—Shooting—
Men’s 10m Air Pistol: PANG Wei
Women’s 10m Air Pistol: GUO Wenjun
Women’s 25m Pistol: CHEN Ying
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions: DU Li
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions: QIU Jian
—Gymnastics Artistic—
Men’s Team: CHEN Yibing, HUANG Xu, LI Xiaopeng, XIAO Qin, YANG Wei, ZOU Kai
Women’s Team: CHENG Fei, DENG Linlin, HE Kexin, JIANG Yuyuan, LI Shanshan, YANG Yilin
Men’s Individual All-Around: YANG Wei
Men’s Floor Exercise: ZOU Kai
Men’s Pommel Horse: XIAO Qin
Men’s Rings: CHEN Yibing
Women’s Uneven Bars: HE Kexin
Men’s Parallel Bars: LI Xiaopeng
Men’s Horizontal Bar: ZOU Kai
—Trampoline—
Women: HE Wenna
Men: LU Chunlong
—Diving—
Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard: GUO Jingjing & WU Minxia
Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform: LIN Yue & HUO Liang
Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform: CHEN Ruolin & WANG Xin
Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard: QIN Kai & WANG Feng
Women’s 3m Springboard: GUO Jingjing
Men’s 3m Springboard: HE Chong
Women’s 10m Platform: CHEN Ruolin
—Table Tennis—
Women’s Team: ZHANG Yining, GUO Yue, WANG Nan
Men’s Team: WANG Liqin, WANG Hao, MA Lin
Women’s Singles: ZHANG Yining
Men’s Singles: MA Lin
—Badminton—
Women’s Doubles: YU Yang & DU Jing
Women’s Singles: ZHANG Ning
Men’s Singles: LIN Dan
—Judo—
Women - 52 kg: XIAN Dongmei
Women - 78 kg: YANG Xiuli
Women + 78 kg: TONG Wen
—Boxing—
Men’s Light Fly 48kg: ZOU Shiming
Men’s Light Heavy 81kg: ZHANG Xiaoping
—Fencing—
Men’s Individual Sabre: ZHONG Man
—Swimming—
Women’s 200m Butterfly: LIU Zige
—Archery—
Women’s Individual: ZHANG Juanjuan
—Rowing—
Women’s Quadruple Sculls: TANG Bin, JIN Ziwei, XI Aihua & ZHANG Yangyang
—Wrestling—
Women’s Freestyle 72 kg: WANG Jiao
—Sailing—
RS:X Women: YIN Jian
—Taekwondo—
Women -49kg: WU Jingyu
—Canoe—
Flatwater Canoe Double (C2) 500m Men: YANG Wenjun & MENG Guanliang
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Host nation thrives in competition, leading in the gold medals count against arch rival U.S.A.
Hard work, sacrifice and lots of money poured into athletic training pays off. But athletes under tremendous pressure to win for “the nation.” On Thursday China scored an unexpected victory in the swimming pool, with 19-year old Liu Zige destroying the world record in the women’s 200 butterfly.
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Hey Australia, check out this little song we wrote about how we’re going to help you win a whole mess of gold this summer. It’s called “20 Million and Two.” We hope you like it.
Sincerely,
The Lukes
http://www.commbank.com.au/20million
Duration : 0:2:15
Michael Phelps stunned the world this week, winning an additional 9th, 10th and 11th gold medals in Beijing, bringing his career gold medal count to 17, 19 Olympic medals in all.
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