THE GAMES IN BEIJING

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THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM HAS ANNOCED FOR THE 2008 Olympic GAmes in Beijing and they will be Medals galore and. The Games is a Week away and we could see Beijing Bound Aussies go for gold, silver or bronze

WATER POLO
Gemma Beadsworth
Jamie Beadsworth
Richie Campbell
Nikita Cuffe
Pietro Figlioli
Trent Franklin
Suzie Fraser
Taniele Gofers
Kate Gynther
Amy Hetzel
Rhys Howden
Bronwen Knox
Emma Knox
Robert Maitland
Anthony Martin
Alicia McCormack
Sam McGregor
Tim Neesham
Melissa Rippon
Rebecca Rippon
Mia Santoromito
Jenna Santoromito
James Stanton
Rafael Sterk
Thomas Whalan
Gavin Woods

BASKETBALL
David Andersen
Chris Anstey
David Barlow
Suzy Batkovic
Tully Bevilaqua
Andrew Bogut
CJ Bruton
Rohanee Cox
Hollie Grima
Joe Ingles
Lauren Jackson
Patrick Mills
Brad Newley
Matt Nielsen
Erin Phillips
Emma Randall
Shawn Redhage
Glen Saville
Jenni Screen
Belinda Snell
Laura Summerton
Penny Taylor
Kristi Harrower
Mark Worthington

SOFTBALL
Jodie Bowering
Kylie Cronk
Kelly Hardie
Tanya Harding
Sandy Lewis
Simmone Morrow
Tracey Mosley
Stacey Porter
Melanie Roche
Justine Smethurst
Danielle Stewart
Natalie Titcume
Natalie Ward
Belinda Wright
Kerry Wyborn

HOCKEY
Des Abbott
Nicole Arrold
Teneal Attard
Madonna Blyth
Travis Brooks
Kiel Brown
Liam De Young
Luke Doerner
Jamie Dwyer
Casey Eastham
Bevan George
David Guest
Emily Halliday
Rob Hammond
Kate Hollywood
Nikki Hudson
Rachel Imison
Fiona Johnson
Fergus Kavanagh
Mark Knowles
Stephen Lambert
Angie Lambert
Eli Matheson
Kobie McGurk
Hope Munro
Eddie Ockenden
Megan Rivers
Grant Schubert
Kim Walker
Melanie Wells
Matt Wells
Sarah Young

FOOTBALL
Mark Bridge
David Carney
Billy Celeski
Adam Federici
Neil Kilkenny
Adrian Leijer
Trent McClenahan
Mark Milligan
Stuart Musialik
Jade North
Nikita Rukavytsya
Kristian Sarkies
Matthew Spiranovic
Archie Thompson
Nikolai Topor-Stanley
James Troisi
Tando Velaphi
Ruben Zadkovich

ARCHERY
Matthew Gray
Sky Kim
Michael Naray
Alexandra Feeney
Jane Waller

ATHLETICS
Men

400 m: Joel Milburn, John Steffensen, Sean Wroe
800 m: Lachlan Renshaw
1500 m: Mitchell Kealey
5000 m: Collis Birmingham, Craig Mottram
3000 m steeplechase: Youcef Abdi
4x400 m: Dylan Grant, Clinton Hill, Joel Milburn, Mark Ormrod, John Steffensen, Sean Wroe
20km walk: Luke Adams, Chris Erickson, Jared Tallent
50km walk: Adam Rutter, Jared Tallent
Marathon: Lee Troop
Pole vault: Paul Burgess, Steven Hooker
Shot put: Justin Anlezark, Scott Martin
Javelin: Jarrod Bannister
Discus: Benn Harradine
Women

400 m: Tamsyn Lewis
800 m: Tamsyn Lewis, Madeleine Pape
1500 m: Lisa Corrigan, Sarah Jamieson
100 m hurdles: Sally McLellan
3000 m steeplechase: Donna MacFarlane, Victoria Mitchell
20km walk: Jane Saville, Kellie Wapshott, Claire Woods
Marathon: Benita Johnson, Kate Smyth, Lisa-Jane Weightman
Pole vault: Alana Boyd
Long jump: Bronwyn Thompson
Discus: Dani Samuels
Heptathlon: Kylie Wheeler

BADMINTON
Stuart Gomaz
Ross Smith
Glenn Warfe
Tania Luiz
Euginia Tanaka

BEACH VOLLEY
Tamsin Barnett and Natalie Cook
Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack

BOXING
Flyweight: Stephen Sutherland
Bantamweight: Luke Boyd
Featherweight: Paul Flemming
Lightweight: Anthony Little
Light welterweight: Todd Kidd
Welterweight: Gerard O'Mahony
Middleweight: Jarrod Fletcher
Heavyweight: Bradley Pitt
Super heavyweight: Daniel Beahan

CANOEING
SLALOM
C-1 Men: Rob Bell
C-2 Men: Mark Bellofiore, Lachlan Milne
K-1 Men: Warwick Draper
K-1 Women: Jacqueline Lawrence
FLATWATER
Jacob Clear K-2 - 500m - Men
Hannah Davis K-2 - 500m - Women, K-4 - 500m - Women
Lyndsie Fogarty K-2 - 500m - Women, K-4 - 500m - Women
Torsten Lachmann C-1 500m - Men
Chantal Meek K-1 500m - Women, K-4 - 500m - Women
Clint Robinson K-2 - 500m - Men, K-4 - 1000m - Men
Lisa Oldenhof K-4 - 500m - Women
Tony Schumacher K-2 - 500m - Men, K-4 - 1000m - Men
Dave Smith K-2 - 500m - Men, K-4 - 1000m - Men
Tate Smith K-2 - 500m - Men, K-4 - 1000m - Men
Ken Wallace K-1 1000m - Men, K-1 500m - Men

CYCLING
BMX
Men's team
Jared Graves
Kamakazi (formerly known as Jamie Hildebrandt)
Luke Madill
Women's team
Tanya Bailey
Nicole Callisto
Mountain biking
Men's team
Daniel McConnell
Women's team
Dellys Starr
Road
Men's team
Cadel Evans (road race, time trial)
Simon Gerrans (road race)
Matt Lloyd (road race)
Stuart O'Grady (road race)
Michael Rogers (road race)
Women's team
Katherine Bates (road race) Kate is also in the track team
Sara Carrigan (road race)
Oenone Wood (road race, time trial)
TRACK
Ryan Bayley (keirin, sprint, team sprint)
Jack Bobridge (team pursuit)
Graeme Brown (team pursuit)
Dan Ellis (sprint, team sprint)
Mark French (team sprint)
Mark Jamieson (team pursuit)
Shane Kelly (keirin, team sprint)
Brett Lancaster (team pursuit)
Bradley McGee (individual pursuit, team pursuit)
Cameron Meyer (points race)
Luke Roberts (individual pursuit, team pursuit)
Women's team
Katherine Bates (individual, points race)
Katie Mactier (individual pursuit)
Anna Meares (sprint)

DIVING
Briony Cole - Women's synchronised 10 metre platform and synchronised 3 metre springboard
Alex Croak - Women's 10 metre platform
Mathew Helm - Men's 10 metre platform and synchronised 10 metre platform
Matthew Mitcham - Men's 10 metre platform and 3 metre springboard
Chantelle Newbery - Women's 3 metre springboard
Robert Newbery - Men's 3 metre springboard, synchronised 3 metre springboard and synchronised 10 metre platform
Scott Robertson - Men's synchronised 3 metre springboard
Sharleen Stratton - Women's 3 metre springboard and synchronised 3 metre springboard
Melissa Wu - Women's 10 metre platform and synchronised 10 metre platform

Equestrian
Hayley Beresford
Kristy Oatley
Heath Ryan
Edwina Alexander
Laurie Lever
Peter McMahon
Matthew Williams
Lucinda Fredericks
Sonja Johnson
Megan Jones
Shane Rose

FENCING
Jo Halls
Amber Parkinson

GYMNASTICS
Naazmi Johnston
Ben Wilden
Samuel Simpson
Georgia Bonora
Ashleigh Brennan
Daria Joura
Lauren Mitchell
Shona Morgan
Olivia Vivian

JUDO
Men's:
Extra lightweight (under 60kg): Matthew D'Aquino
Half lightweight (60-66kg): Steven Brown
Lightweight (66-73kg): Dennis Iverson
Half middleweight (73-81kg): Mark Anthony
Middleweight (81-90kg): Daniel Kelly
Half heavyweight (90-100kg): Matt Celotti
Heavyweight (over 100kg): Semir Pepic
Women's:
Extra lightweight (under 48kg): Tiffany Day
Half lightweight (48-52kg): Kristie-Anne Ryder
Lightweight (52-57kg): Maria Pekli
Half middleweight (57-63kg): Catherine Arlove
Half heavyweight (70-78kg): Stephanie Grant
Heavyweight (over 78kg): Janelle Sheperd

ROWING
Men's single scull
Peter Hardcastle
Men's lightweight double sculls
Samuel Beltz, Tom Gibson
Men's double sculls
Scott Brennan, David Crawshay
Men's pairs
Duncan Free, Drew Ginn
Men's quadruple sculls
Brendan Long, James McRae, Chris Morgan, Daniel Noonan
Men's lightweight four
Rod Chisholm, Ben Cureton, Anthony Edwards, Todd Skipworth
Men's four
Francis Hegerty, James Marburg, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg, Matt Ryan
Men's eight
James Chapman, Sam Conrad, David Dennis, Tom Laurich, Samuel Loch, Marty Rabjohns, Jeremy Stevenson, Stephen Stewart, James Tomkins
Women's single scull
Pippa Savage
Women's lightweight double sculls
Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston
Women's double sculls
Sonia Mills, Catriona Sens
Women's pairs
Sarah Cook, Kim Crow
Women's quadruple sculls
Amber Bradley, Kerry Hore, Amy Ives, Zoe Uphill
Women's eight (NOT FOR THE SALLY ROBBINS INCIDENT OF 2004)
Natalie Bale, Pauline Frasca, Sarah Heard, Kate Hornsey, Sally Kehoe, Elizabeth Kell, Elizabeth Patrick, Brooke Pratley, Sarah Tait

SAILING
Tornado
Glenn Ashby, Darren Bundock
49er
Benjamin Austin, Nathan Outteridge
Yngling (women)
Nicky Bethwaite, Angela Farrell
Laser (women)
Sarah Blanck
Laser (men)
Tom Slingsby
Sailboard (women)
Jessica Crisp
Star (men)
Iain Murray, Andrew Palfrey
Finn (open)
Anthony Nossiter
470 (men)
Nathan Wilmot
470 (women)
Tessa Parkinson, Elise Rechichi

SHOOTING
10 m Air Pistol
- Men - David Moore, Daniel Repacholi
- Women - Dina Aspandiyarova, Lalita Yauhleuskaya
10 m Rifle
- Men - Ben Burge, Matthew Inabinet
- Women - Sue McCready, Robyn Van Nus
25 m Pistol
- Women - Dina Aspandiyarova, Lalita Yauhleuskaya
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Men - Bruce Quick
50 m Pistol
- Men - David Moore, Daniel Repacholi
50 m Rifle - Prone
- Men - Ben Burge, Warren Potent
50 m Rifle - 3 Positions
- Men - Ben Burge, Matthew Inabinet
- Women - Sue McCready, Robyn Van Nus
Skeet
- Men - George Barton , Paul Rahman
- Women - Natalia Rahman
Trap
- Men Michael Diamond, Craig Henwood
- Women - Stacy Roiall
Double Trap
- Men - Russell Mark

SWIMMING
Angie Bainbridge 4 x 100m Freestyle - Women
4 x 200m Freestyle - Women
Bronte Barratt 200m Freestyle - Women
400m Freestyle - Women
Grant Brits 4 x 100m Freestyle - Men
4 x 200m Freestyle - Men
Leith Brodie 200m Individual Medley - Men
Ashley Callus 50m Freestyle - Men
Cate Campbell 100m Freestyle - Women
50m Freestyle - Women
Alicia Coutts 200m Individual Medley - Women
Lara Davenport 4 x 100m Freestyle - Women
4 x 200m Freestyle - Women
Ashley Delaney 100m Backstroke - Men
200m Backstroke - Men
Sophie Edington 100m Backstroke - Women
Nick Ffrost 4 x 100m Freestyle - Men
4 x 200m Freestyle - Men
Sally Foster 200m Breaststroke - Women
Felicity Galvez 4 x 100m Freestyle - Women
4 x 200m Freestyle - Women
Melissa Gorman 800m Freestyle - Women
10km Open Water - Women
Grant Hackett 1500m Freestyle - Men
400m Freestyle - Men
Samantha Hamill 200m Butterfly - Women
400m Individual Medley - Women
Belinda Hocking 200m Backstroke - Women
Ky Hurst 10km Open Water - Men
Leisel Jones 100m Breaststroke - Women
200m Breaststroke - Women
Andrew Lauterstein 100m Butterfly - Men
Linda Mackenzie 200m Freestyle - Women
400m Freestyle - Women
Alice Mills 4 x 100m Freestyle - Women
4 x 200m Freestyle - Women
Kenrick Monk 200m Freestyle - Men
Patrick Murphy 4 x 100m Freestyle - Men
4 x 200m Freestyle - Men
Meagen Nay 200m Backstroke - Women
Travis Nederpelt 200m Butterfly - Men
400m Individual Medley - Men
Kylie Palmer 800m Freestyle - Women
Kirk Palmer 4 x 100m Freestyle - Men
4 x 200m Freestyle - Men
Adam Pine 100m Butterfly - Men
Shayne Reese 4 x 100m Freestyle - Women
4 x 200m Freestyle - Women
Stephanie Rice 400m Individual Medley - Women
200m Individual Medley - Women
Brenton Rickard 100m Breaststroke - Men
200m Breaststroke - Men
Jessicah Schipper 100m Butterfly - Women
200m Butterfly - Women
Melanie Schlanger 4 x 100m Freestyle - Women
4 x 200m Freestyle - Women
Emily Seebohm 100m Backstroke - Women
Nicholas Sprenger 200m Freestyle - Men
Christian Sprenger 100m Breaststroke - Men
200m Breaststroke - Men
Craig Stevens 1500m Freestyle - Men
400m Freestyle - Men
Hayden Stoeckel 100m Backstroke - Men
200m Backstroke - Men
Eamon Sullivan 100m Freestyle - Men
50m Freestyle - Men
Matt Targett 100m Freestyle - Men
Lisbeth Trickett 100m Butterfly - Women
100m Freestyle - Women
50m Freestyle - Women
Tarnee White 100m Breaststroke - Women

SYNCHRO SWIMMING
Myriam Glez Duet - Women, Team - Women
Erika Leal-Ramirez Duet - Women, Team - Women
Eloise Amberger Team - Women
Coral Bentley Team - Women
Sarah Bombell Team - Women
Tamika Domrow Team - Women
Tarren Otte Team - Women
Samantha Reid Team - Women
Bethany Walsh Team - Women

TABLE TENNIS
Jian Fang Lay, Miao Miao and Stephanie Sang
Kyle Davis, William Henzell and David Zalcberg.

TAEKWONDO
Ryan Carneli
Burak Hasan
Carmen Marton
Tina Morgan

TENNIS
Men's team
Lleyton Hewitt (singles and doubles)
Chris Guccione (singles and doubles)
Paul Hanley (doubles only)
Jordan Kerr (doubles only)
Women's team
Casey Dellacqua (singles and doubles)
Alicia Molik (singles and doubles)
Samantha Stosur (singles and doubles)
Rennae Stubbs (doubles only)

WATER POLO
Courtney Atkinson and Brad Kahlefeldt
Erin Densham, Emma Moffatt and Emma Snowsill

WEIGHLIFTING
Damon Kelly
Deborah Lovely

WRESTLING
Ali Abdo - men's 74kg freestyle
Kyla Bremner - women's 48kg freestyle
Sandeep Kumar - men's 84kg freestyle
Hassan Shahsavan - men's 74kg greco-roman

Some People would have better than never because two amputees are competing and Iraq is still here despite their suspension lifted

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THe Opening Ceremony is just 6 Days away for 2006 Olympic Games
1 Greece (GRE) 希腊
First one in tradiation were the olympics were first held
2 Guinea (GUI) 几内亚
3 Guinea-Bissau (GBS) 几内亚比绍
4 Turkey (TUR) 土耳其
5 Turkmenistan (TKM) 土库曼斯坦
6 Yemen (YEM) 也门
7 Maldives (MDV) 马尔代夫
8 Malta (MLT) 马耳他
9 Madagascar (MAD) 马达加斯加
10 Malaysia (MAS) 马来西亚
11 Mali (MLI) 马里
12 Malawi (MAW) 马拉维
13 FYR Macedonia (MKD) 马其顿
14 Marshall Islands (MHL) 马绍尔群岛
15 Cayman Islands (CAY) 开曼群岛
16 Bhutan (BHU) 不丹
17 Ecuador (ECU) 厄瓜多尔
18 Eritrea (ERI) 厄立特里亚
19 Jamaica (JAM) 牙买加
20 Belgium (BEL) 比利时
21 Vanuatu (VAN) 瓦努阿图
22 Israel (ISR) 以色列
23 Japan (JPN) 日本
24 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 中华台北
25 Central African Republic (CAF) 中非
26 Hong Kong, China (HKG) 中国香港
27 Gambia (GAM) 冈比亚
28 Benin (BEN) 贝宁
29 Mauritius (MRI) 毛里求斯
30 Mauritania (MTN) 毛里塔尼亚
31 Denmark (DEN) 丹麦
32 Uganda (UGA) 乌干达
33 Ukraine (UKR) 乌克兰
34 Uruguay (URU) 乌拉圭
35 Uzbekistan (UZB) 乌兹别克斯坦
36 Brunei (BRU) 文莱
37 Barbados (BAR) 巴巴多斯
38 Papua New Guinea (PNG) 巴布亚新几内亚
39 Brazil (BRA) 巴西
40 Paraguay (PAR) 巴拉圭
41 Bahrain (BRN) 巴林
42 Bahamas (BAH) 巴哈马
43 Panama (PAN) 巴拿马
44 Pakistan (PAK) 巴基斯坦
45 Palestine (PLE) 巴勒斯坦
46 Cuba (CUB) 古巴
47 Burkina Faso (BUR) 布基纳法索
48 Burundi (BDI) 布隆迪
49 Timor-Leste (TLS) 东帝汶
50 Qatar (QAT) 卡塔尔
51 Rwanda (RWA) 卢旺达
52 Luxembourg (LUX) 卢森堡
53 Chad (CHA) 乍得
54 Belarus (BLR) 白俄罗斯
55 India (IND) 印度
56 Indonesia (INA) 印度尼西亚
57 Lithuania (LTU) 立陶宛
58 Niger (NIG) 尼日尔
59 Nigeria (NGR) 尼日利亚
60 Nicaragua (NCA) 尼加拉瓜
61 Nepal (NEP) 尼泊尔
62 Ghana (GHA) 加纳
63 Canada (CAN) 加拿大
64 Gabon (GAB) 加蓬
65 San Marino (SMR) 圣马力诺
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) 圣文森特和格林纳丁斯
67 Saint Lucia (LCA) 圣卢西亚
68 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) 圣多美和普林西比
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 圣基茨和尼维斯
70 Guyana (GUY) 圭亚那
71 Djibouti (DJI) 吉布提
72 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 吉尔吉斯斯坦
73 Laos (LAO) 老挝
74 Armenia (ARM) 亚美尼亚
75 Spain (ESP) 西班牙
76 Bermuda (BER) 百慕大
77 Liechtenstein (LIE) 列支敦士登
78 Congo (CGO) 刚果（布）
79 DR Congo (COD) 刚果（金）
80 Iraq (IRQ) 伊拉克
81 Iran (IRI) 伊朗
82 Guatemala (GUA) 危地马拉
83 Hungary (HUN) 匈牙利
84 Dominican Republic (DOM) 多米尼加共和国
85 Dominica (DMA) 多米尼克
86 Togo (TOG) 多哥
87 Iceland (ISL) 冰岛
88 Guam (GUM) 关岛
89 Angola (ANG) 安哥拉
90 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 安提瓜和巴布达
91 Andorra (AND) 安道尔
92 Tonga (TGA) 汤加
93 Jordan (JOR) 约旦
94 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 赤道几内亚
95 Finland (FIN) 芬兰
96 Croatia (CRO) 克罗地亚
97 Sudan (SUD) 苏丹
98 Suriname (SUR) 苏里南
99 Libya (LBA) 利比亚
100 Liberia (LBR) 利比里亚
101 Belize (BIZ) 伯利兹
102 Cape Verde (CPV) 佛得角
103 Cook Islands (COK) 库克群岛
104 Saudi Arabia (KSA) 沙特
105 Algeria (ALG) 阿尔及利亚
106 Albania (ALB) 阿尔巴尼亚
107 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 阿联酋
108 Argentina (ARG) 阿根廷
109 Oman (OMA) 阿曼
110 Aruba (ARU) 阿鲁巴
111 Afghanistan (AFG) 阿富汗
112 Azerbaijan (AZE) 阿塞拜疆
113 Namibia (NAM) 纳米比亚
114 Tanzania (TAN) 坦桑尼亚
115 Latvia (LAT) 拉脱维亚
116 Great Britain (GBR) 英国
117 British Virgin Islands (IVB) 英属维尔京群岛
118 Kenya (KEN) 肯尼亚
119 Romania (ROU) 罗马尼亚
120 Palau (PLW) 帕劳
121 Tuvalu (TUV) 图瓦卢
122 Venezuela (VEN) 委内瑞拉
123 Solomon Islands (SOL) 所罗门群岛
124 France (FRA) 法国
125 Poland (POL) 波兰
126 Puerto Rico (PUR) 波多黎各
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 波黑
128 Bangladesh (BAN) 孟加拉国
129 Bolivia (BOL) 玻利维亚
130 Norway (NOR) 挪威
131 South Africa (RSA) 南非
132 Cambodia (CAM) 柬埔寨
133 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 哈萨克斯坦
134 Kuwait (KUW) 科威特
135 Côte d'Ivoire (CIV) 科特迪瓦
136 Comoros (COM) 科摩罗
137 Bulgaria (BUL) 保加利亚
138 Russia (RUS) 俄罗斯
139 Syria (SYR) 叙利亚
140 United States (USA) 美国
141 Virgin Islands (ISV) 美属维尔京群岛
142 American Samoa (ASA) 美属萨摩亚
143 Honduras (HON) 洪都拉斯
144 Zimbabwe (ZIM) 津巴布韦
145 Tunisia (TUN) 突尼斯
146 Thailand (THA) 泰国
147 Egypt (EGY) 埃及
148 Ethiopia (ETH) 埃塞俄比亚
149 Lesotho (LES) 莱索托
150 Mozambique (MOZ) 莫桑比克
151 Netherlands (NED) 荷兰
152 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 荷属安的列斯
153 Grenada (GRN) 格林纳达
154 Georgia (GEO) 格鲁吉亚
155 Somalia (SOM) 索马里
156 Colombia (COL) 哥伦比亚
157 Costa Rica (CRC) 哥斯达黎加
158 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 特立尼达和多巴哥
159 Peru (PER) 秘鲁
160 Ireland (IRL) 爱尔兰
161 Estonia (EST) 爱沙尼亚
162 Haiti (HAI) 海地
163 Czech Republic (CZE) 捷克
164 Kiribati (KIR) 基里巴斯
165 Philippines (PHI) 菲律宾
166 El Salvador (ESA) 萨尔瓦多
167 Samoa (SAM) 萨摩亚
168 Micronesia (FSM) 密克罗尼西亚联邦
169 Tajikistan (TJK) 塔吉克斯坦
170 Vietnam (VIE) 越南
171 Botswana (BOT) 博茨瓦纳
172 Sri Lanka (SRI) 斯里兰卡
173 Swaziland (SWZ) 斯威士兰
174 Slovenia (SLO) 斯洛文尼亚
175 Slovakia (SVK) 斯洛伐克
176 Portugal (POR) 葡萄牙
177 South Korea (KOR) 韩国
178 North Korea (PRK) 朝鲜
179 Fiji (FIJ) 斐济
180 Cameroon (CMR) 喀麦隆
181 Montenegro (MNE) 黑山
182 Chile (CHI) 智利
183 Austria (AUT) 奥地利
184 Myanmar (MYA) 缅甸
185 Switzerland (SUI) 瑞士
186 Sweden (SWE) 瑞典
187 Nauru (NRU) 瑙鲁
188 Mongolia (MGL) 蒙古
189 Singapore (SIN) 新加坡
190 New Zealand (NZL) 新西兰
191 Italy (ITA) 意大利
192 Senegal (SEN) 塞内加尔
193 Serbia (SRB) 塞尔维亚
194 Seychelles (SEY) 塞舌尔
195 Sierra Leone (SLE) 塞拉利昂
196 Cyprus (CYP) 塞浦路斯
197 Mexico (MEX) 墨西哥
198 Lebanon (LIB) 黎巴嫩
199 Germany (GER) 德国
200 Moldova (MDA) 摩尔多瓦
201 Monaco (MON) 摩纳哥
202 Morocco (MAR) 摩洛哥
203 Australia (AUS) 澳大利亚
204 Zambia (ZAM) 赞比亚
And the last one is the host of the 2008 Olympics
205 China (CHN) 中国

why we have to wait 203 nations to wait for Australia.

James Tomkins is th Flag Bearer for Australia

[Niemmy]

The reason for that is because the are using the Chinese alphabet ;D And the A comes at the end ;D ;D ;D

I think I will just tape it ;D

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OLYMPIC GAMES NEWS
Channel Nine has been banned from official areas at the Olympics for the next seven days after breaching venue access conditions.

While the ban means Channel Nine will be restricted in their ability to transmit the "colour" of the Games, their camera crew will remain in Beijing and be able to interview athletes and officials outside of official areas and the Olympic Green.

The ban follows a complaint filed by Channel Seven to the International Olympic Committee that Channel Nine's reporter Damian Ryan and cameraman Howie Bennett had illegally shot footage inside the Water Cube aquatic centre.

While IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said late Tuesday night that the issue had been resolved between the parties, the IOC yesterday decided to impose the sanction.

In a letter written to Channel Nine Olympic director Gary Fenton, IOC legal advisor Howard Stupp said "the IOC takes this as a serious breach of the news access rules, that non rights holders are not permitted to access or operate, with equipment, within any Olympic venue".

Reporter Ryan said he had apologised to the IOC over the inadvertent breach and that footage taken inside the venue had not been broadcast.

But the IOC said it also considered a breach committed by a Nine network cameraman at the Athens Olympic Games in deciding upon a ban.

The sanction will end at midnight next Wednesday, August 13.

OTHER NEWS
Angie Darby has won a appeal to be in the modern Penthatlon

PRE OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS
Womens Soccer
Canada defeated Argentina 2-1
Host Nation China defeated Sweden 2-1
Germany drew with Brazil 0-0
North Korea defeated Nigeria 1-0
Japan drew the Kiwis 2-2
Norway defeated USA 2-1

[Niemmy]

Are you looking forward to watching the Olympics Beatie ? 3 weeks of back to back sport? I wanna see the shooting I loved shooting as a kid.

I wonder if you would consider shooting a sport? ;D

[beatie08]

Are you looking forward to watching the Olympics Beatie ? 3 weeks of back to back sport? I wanna see the shooting I loved shooting as a kid.

I wonder if you would consider shooting a sport?

i am looking forward for the 16 day sport fest known as the Olympics and shooting is A sport. but what about BMX.

OLYMPIC RESULTS
Australia drew with Serbia 1-1
Argentina defeated Ivory Coast 2-1
USA defeated Japan 1-0
Netherlands drew with Nigeria 0-0
Brazil defeated Belgium 1-0
China drew with New Zealand 1-1
Italy defeated Honduras 3-0
South Korea defeated Cameroon 1-1

[Niemmy]

I suppose it's a sport Beatie, After all the riders have to push like buggery! ;D ;D

[beatie08]

China welcomed the world to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Friday with the roll of thunder from two thousand fou drums and a battering of fireworks across the Chinese capital -- from the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square to the National Stadium.

Fourteen thousand performers offered the 91,000 people in the National Stadium, popularly known as the 'Bird's Nest,' a history lesson in China's contribution to world civilization. The spectators that packed the stadium held the first of some seven million tickets to the 2008 Beijing Games, in which nearly 11,000 athletes will jump, run, cycle, fight, swim, sail, ride and shoot their way to Olympic glory.

The Opening Ceremony began with a 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 countdown in the Beijing dusk. Then a roar of thunder came from the floor of the National Stadium where 2,008 drummers beat line after line of fou, an ancient Chinese percussion instrument. The drummers chanted as they struck the fou, "Friends have come from afar, how happy we are." This phrase comes from the work of Confucius (551 BC-479 BC), one China's most important educators and thinkers.

Then came the fireworks.

To begin, 29 huge firework displays were shot up into the air across the four axis of the ancient capital: the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Temple of Heaven, and just above the National Stadium. The impressive firework display was intended to remind viewers of China's legacy as the civilization that invented gunpowder, first used in China during the Song Dynasty (960-1276 AD).

As the firework footprints reached the Bird's Nest they illuminated the Olympic Rings in the stadium bringing a resounding round of applause from the audience.

Few could see the steel wires and pulleys that carried fairies across the sky above the Olympic rings.

In the second act, children representing each of China's 56 minority groups carried the five-starred national flag across the stadium to soldiers who were waiting to hoist it onto one of two flagpoles nearby. After the flag was raised, all joined in the singing of the Chinese national anthem, 'The March of the Volunteers.'

The second flagpole awaited the Olympic flag.

The next section of the Opening Ceremony paid homage to China's contribution to the world's writing heritage. Almost 900 performers came together to create characters with their bodies.

In one act, the performers danced across a stadium-length scroll of paper, creating an ink painting in their path. Next, 100s of men inside boxes bobbed up and down to create the Chinese character 'he,' which in Chinese means both harmony and peace.

The next section mingled celebrated forms of Chinese Opera with themes brought from China's ancient Silk Road traditions in a performance of music and color.

Then, the moment that more than 91,000 audience members and billions more around the world had been waiting for arrived - the Olympic Torch appeared-- carried around the arena by eight torchbearers.

The 7th bearer, champion Volleyball player Sun Jinfang, passed the flame to legendary Chinese gymnast Li Ning, who was hoisted high into the air to "run" along the roof's edge. When he reached the cauldron that had unfurled during the athlete's march through the stadium, a burst of flame lit up the sky.

The Ceremony ended with another magnificent fireworks display staged by a total of 600 engineers from hundreds of locations around the city, some as far away as the Great Wall of China.

Opening on 8th day of the 8th month of 2008, the 18-day-long Olympic Games will take place in 37 different venues, and will award a grand total of 302 Olympic medals to the winning athletes.

OTHER NEWS
Brunep kicked out of the olympics and NAtalie Du Toit wqas the Flag Bearer for South Africa

[beatie08]

The Beijing Olympics got off to a rough start as a crazed attacker assailed two American tourists and a Chinese tour guide with a knife this morning, killing a man and wounding two women. The murder victim was a relative of the U.S. men's volleyball coach. The assailant committed suicide after the attack, according to authorities, throwing himself off the 45-meter Drum Tower. U.S. softball player Laura Berg and USOC spokesman respond to the tragedy after the jump.

medal Tally
Australia has not got any medals so far
China 2 0 0
USA 1 1 1
South Korea 1 1 0
Czech Repiblic 1 0 0
Romania 1 0 0

Sailing in progress
5th in Yngling
18th in finn

shooting
Womens 10m Air Rifle
Susan Mcready and Robyn Van Nus finished 42nd and 44th
Mens 10m air Pistol
Daniel Repacoli finished 32nd
David Moore 36th

Judo
tiffany day and Matthew D'Aquino lost in the first round

BAdminton
erin carroll and stuart gomez lost in the round

Equestrian
Australia is doing well

Beach volleyballs doing well

APOLOGY
I misspelled Brunei

[beatie08]

Olympic Games DAY 2
Australia has finally got medals in swimming
Stephanie Rice has the GOLD by Beating Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe
Australia 4x100m freestyle relay by finishing in third place behind the netherlands

MEDAL TALLY
China 6 2 0
South Korea 3 2 0
USA 2 2 4
Australia is in 7th with 1 gold and 1 bronze

[beatie08]

OLYMPIC NEWS
Georgia announced on August 9, 2008 that it is considering withdrawing from the Beijing Olympic Games due to current military conflict in South Ossetia. Certain participating Georgian athletes have made known they want to leave the Olympics in order to fight with the Georgian army.

Micheal Phelps won his second gold medal by winning 4x100m Freestyle Relay. while eamon sullivan broke the world Record and Australia took bronze.
Maria pekil came close to bronze medal in the judo
The Australian mens Eight rowing Team suffered problems during the heat.the almost collied with Canada and They have to thru a repacharge
Libby trickett won gold and Jess Schipper got bronze in the womens 100m butterfly

MEDAL TALLY
CHINA 9 3 2
South Korea 4 4 0
USA 3 4 5
ITALY 3 3 2
AUSTRALIA 2 0 2
NEWS JUST IN
Micheal Phelp has won his third Gold MEdal

[Niemmy]

OLYMPIC NEWS
Georgia announced on August 9, 2008 that it is considering withdrawing from the Beijing Olympic Games due to current military conflict in South Ossetia. Certain participating Georgian athletes have made known they want to leave the Olympics in order to fight with the Georgian army.

Well this situation is just going to end badly for all concerned.

[beatie08]

olympic NEWS
Liesel Jones Scored a gold medal in the womens 100m Breaststroke
australia scored a silver medal in the Womens 10 Syncnronised Diving and The TEam 3 Day Event
Robin bell got bronze in Mens C1 Slamlom
HAyden Stoekel socred a bronze medal in the Mens 100m backstroke
Togo got the First got Medal in K1 Slalom when they finished with a bronze medal

MEDAL TALLY
CHINA 13 2 4
USA 7 7 8
SOUTH KOREA 5 6 7
GERMANY 4 0 1
ITALY 3 4 1
AUSTRALIA 3 2 4

NEWS JUST IN
STEPHANIE RICE has Scored GOld

[beatie08]

OLYMPIC NEWS
Australia got the Bronze Medwal in 4 x 200m Freestyle
Micheal phelps won his 10th Gold MEdal

MEDAL TALLY
China 17 5 5
USA 7 8 11
SOUTH KOREA 6 6 7
GERMANY 6 0 2
ITALY 4 4 3
AUSTRALIA 4 2 6

[beatie08]

Olympics NEWS
WEIGHTLIFTING
Oscar Figurorea had a bad day in 2008 olympic games when failed to make a lift in the snatch category, due to a bizarre sequence of events whereby he could not get a firm grip with his right hand. He left the Beijing games with DNF on board.
Another weightlifter had a terrible time was János Baranyai seriously dislocated his elbow during his third lift in the men's 77-kilogram division. He screamed and fell to the ground, and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. He suffered no broken bones, but his injury ended his participation in the Beijing Games.
TABLE TENNIS
Natalia Partyka of Poland while have to try the Paralympics beacause her team missed out of the Finals
SWIMMING
A Kenyan Swimmer JAson Dunford broke the Olympic Record

AUSTRALIAN NEWS
Australia womens 4x200m Frestlye team scored gold
Eamon Sullivan got the Silver Medal in mens 100m Freestyle
JEssica Shipper got the Bronze medal behind the 2 chinese swimmers

FAKE NEWS
CHINA had a scandel over the Opening Ceremony and the Gymnastics team

WHEATHER
the wheather was very bad where rowintg,Sailing and Canoe Slalom was postponed

MEDAL TALLY
China 22 10 5
USA 10 8 15
Germany 7 1 2
South Korea 6 7 9
ITALY 6 4 6
AUSTRALIA 5 4 7