Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi hasannounced the government will provide larger bonuses and pensions forIndonesian medalists at the upcoming Olympics in Rio Di Janeiro, in Brazil.Gold medalists will receive a bonus of Rp 5 billion (US$ 377,500...
Modern Olymopic Games Review 1976 Olympics, Montreal Dates: Jul. 17 ～ Aug.1 Sports: 21 Events: 198 Participants: 6,028 (4,781 men; 1,247 women; 92 countries) In 1970, when Montreal was named to host...
Modern Olympic Games Review ——1972 Olympic Munich The 1972 Munich 1 Games were the largest yet, setting records in all categories, with 195 events and 7,123 athletes from 121 nations. They were su...
Modern Olympic Games Review ——1968 Olympics, Mexico City The Games of the Nineteenth Olympiad were the highest and most controversial ever held. Staged at 7,349 feet above sea level where the thin...
Modern Olympic Games Review 1964 Olympics, Tokyo The 1964 Tokyo Games were the first to be held in Asia. Twenty six years after Japan's wartime government forced the Japanese Olympic Committee to resi...
Modern Olympic Games Review 1960 Olympics, Rome Fifty-four years after Italy had to give up hosting the Olympics due to the eruption 1 of Mount Vesuvius 2 , Rome finally got its chance. Rome made the...
Hand In Hand We can see the fire in the sky We feel the beating of our hearts together This is our time to rise above We know the chance is here to live forever, for all time Hand in hand we stand all...
The triple jump to become the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years. Winners were awarded a silver medal and an olive branch . The German athlete Carl Schumann finished in the top five event...
Qingdao Prepares to Host 2008 Olympic Sailing Events 青岛为承办2008年奥运会帆船比赛做准备 The spotlight has been on Beijing ever since it was selected to host the 2008 Summer Olympics...
150 北京在平静中等待奥运会申办结果 Beijing Quietly Awaits Olympic Announcement Leta Hong Fincher Beijing 12 Jul 2001 15:01 UTC As the International Olympic Committee prepares to announc...
