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Beijing Blast Number Four: Beijing 2008 is already over - and London 2012 is closer than you think.
Well, let’s hope you enjoyed the spectacular Opening Ceremony because the Beijing 2008 Olympics is already over.
And London 2012 is closer than you think.
August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beijing Olympic Games, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon, Wrestling
Beijing Blast Number Three: Why the London 2012 Olympics will be Tougher to win than the Beijing 2008 Olympics
So you think winning Gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is tough?
London 2012 will be much, much tougher.
Why?
August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment
Tags: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beijing Olympic Games, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Track and Field, Triathlon, Wrestling
Beijing Blast Number Two - Top Five Reasons Olympic Athletes Take Drugs
They don’t call it Doping for nothing - because only DOPES do it.
With the overnight announcement of the IAAF banning of several of Russia’s leading female distance runners - including current and previous world champions - let’s have a look at the top five reasons why Olympic Athletes take drugs.
August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beijing Olympic Games, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Track and Field, Triathlon, Wrestling
Beijing Blast Number One - Five really dumb things most athletes heading to Beijing would have done in the past six months
Lots of athletes go to the Olympics - very, very few come back with a medal.
Why?
Lack of Talent? Unlikely.
Poor Skill? Possibly.
The wrong parents, i.e. Genetics? Could be.
But the reason most of them don’t win a medal is that they made five dumb mistakes in the past six months.
July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beijing Olympic Games, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Rowing, Softball, Swimming, Track and Field, Triathlon, Wrestling
Beijing Blast - the inside story of the 2008 Olympic Games
Welcome to the BEIJING BLAST.
For the next month, check out the great new posts about the issues and inspirations, medals and mayhem, records and ruin, controversies and criticisms, struggles and successes, fantastic feats and failures, trouble, tragedy, triumph, tears and turmoil that is the Olympic Games.
Forget the media blackout in China.
Hear it here - at the BEIJING BLAST.
Want the real inside story?
Read it here at the BEIJING BLAST.
Get with the BLAST - or hear about it………LAST!
Beijing Blast number one - coming soon.
Wayne Goldsmith
July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment
Tags: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Hockey, Olympics, Rowing, Swimming, Track and Field, Triathlon, Wrestling
