Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics American Gary Davis has been to nine Olympics and says the stadiums built for the London games cannot compare to the iconic architectural design of the bird's nest stadium and water cube aquatic...
LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the women's 56kg division weightlifting competition at the London Olympic Games on Sunday: 1. Om Yun Chol, DPR Korea, 293kg 2. Wu Jingbiao China, 289kg 3. Valentin Hristov, Azerbaijan, 286kg 4....
LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- It landed at Lands End on the extreme south-west coast of England 69 days ago and after making its way around the British Isles, the Olympic Torch finally reaches the Olympic stadium on Friday. When it reaches the end of i...
LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The best kept secret of the Olympic Games at the moment is what the opening ceremony will be like, but from the details revealed by the Olympic authorities and partially leaked by some of the performers, it looks set to be...
Britain opened the 2012 Olympic Games Friday with fighter jet flyovers, fireworks, and pageantry highlighting its history from 1896 the start of the modern Games until now. Some 60,000 spectators saw a stand-in for 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth parachu...
IN THE NEWS - London Olympics Begins; Punishment for Penn State This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Seventeen thousand athletes and officials from more than two hundred countries will take part in the London Olympics. (SOUND) Hours before the...
COVENTRY, Britain, July 25 (Xinhua) -- World champions Japan got off to a winning start at the London Olympic Games women's soccer tournament when they beat Canada 2-1 on Wednesday. Japan dominated throughout the match with better individual skills a...
High-Tech Edge Sharpens Olympic Games At the very first Olympic Games, in 1896, an American won a gold medal in the pole vault event after jumping 3.30 meters using a wooden pole. Four years ago in Beijing, an Australian won gold in the same event wi...
Weightlifter Among Female Athlete Majority on US Olympic Team There are eight more female Olympians than male Olympians on the U.S. team this year, the 40th anniversary of a federal law known as Title IX. That law has helped provide equal opportuniti...
LONDON, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal announced Thursday that he will not be able to defend his Olympic title in London. Nadal, issued a statement explaining that he hasn't recovered from tendonitis in his knees, which has affe...
