Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Olympics from August 2008

Stories about Olympics from August, 2008

31 August 2008

China: gold medals=a great power in sports?

51 gold medals, a comment of "truly exceptional" from IOC, and spectacular images left to the world, China held a real party of sports in 16-day Olympics. But does this...

30 August 2008

Egypt: Olympics Investigation

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

29 August 2008

China: The Cost of a Gold Medal

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

28 August 2008

China: Translating New York Times Olympic Report

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

China: Olympic Medals Shape

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

27 August 2008

Jamaica: Athletic Subversion

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

26 August 2008

China: Cop-killer online hero case goes on trial

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Yang Jia's case goes to trial today, after having been postponed for the Olympics. Previously he had been harmonized after having been heroized by many online for walking into a...

25 August 2008

Brazil: An Olympic balance

Written by Paula Góes · Latin America

For a country whose best record was its 15th place in Athens last time, Brazil's 23th medal table position in the Beijing Olympics, with only 3 gold medals was not...

Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica: People Power

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba: Olympic Medals

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Jamaica: Patwa Power

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Cape Verde: Counting the Olympic medals for Africa

Written by Paula Góes · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

China: Where's the Fuwa?

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

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