Tag: live from beijing
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A BIG, BEAUTIFUL OPENING IN BEIJING
BEIJING • The Opening Ceremony was just a small taste. It was a small taste of the color and the music. A small taste of the dragons and nearly 2,000 drums. A small taste of the dancing, smiles and gaiety that China wants to show everybody.It was a small taste from a not-so-small venue. The…
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Ramsey: U.S. hoops team rules paint, not the world
BEIJING • We fly like no one else. Our dunkers rule the planet. For most of the 20th century we pounded nearly every nation silly enough to challenge us. We – the mighty Americans – tower as the best basketball nation on earth. Right? Ah, no. Argentina reigns as defending Olympic champion. Spain won the…
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Games begin after festive four-hour Opening Ceremony
BEIJING • Lopez Lomong held the American flag in front of his chest. President Bush waved his own from the stands. And nearly 600 U.S. athletes walked onto China’s turf with a swagger, looking spiffy and confident. The Olympics have begun. An extravagant Opening Ceremony, capped by a flying, flame-throwing gymnast, put China on center…
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World anti-doping chief says athletes should think twice
BEIJING • The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency has a message to athletes who are thinking about cheating during the Olympics. “If you thought you could get away with it, there is a lesser likelihood of you getting away with it than you did any time before,” WADA president John Fahey said before Friday’s…
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OTC’s Burgener lifted from Olympic Games
BEIJING • Thinking he had an Olympic spot in weightlifting, Casey Burgener learned Thursday he will not compete in the Beijing Games because of confusion over the international qualifying process. The competitors’ list released a day before the Opening Ceremony didn’t include the Olympic Training Center resident, who learned in May the International Weightlifting Federation…
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Australia says U.S. women’s basketball team plays dirty
BEIJING – The U.S. women’s basketball team never has been afraid to get physical, and now its rival is calling the Americans dirty. World champion Australia took exception to what it deemed rough play Tuesday in a 71-67 U.S. win in the championship game of the FIBA Diamond Ball tournament in Haining, China. “People are…
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The other Hamm out injured in gymnastics
BEIJING – Another Hamm got hurt. And David Durante got shunned again. The Olympic Training Center gymnast wasn’t picked Thursday to replace Morgan Hamm, who withdrew from the Beijing Games because of a nagging left ankle injury that made it difficult for him to tumble on the floor exercise. A USA Gymnastics selection committee tabbed…
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China ready for its close-up
BEIJING An anxious but excited country, eager to open its arms in hopes others have their eyes opened, will introduce itself to the world today during the start of perhaps one of the most meaningful Olympics. For the first time, China takes center stage for the world’s largest sporting event, welcoming 550,000 foreigners, 1 million…
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Riding the Beijing bus
BEIJING – Morgan scrunched his nose. “You ever seen a McDonald’s?” he asked in a sarcastic voice. We were riding on a city bus in Beijing’s bustling center. Morgan is a native of China who fled to Taiwan after the 1949 revolution lifted the Communists to power. He returned to his homeland to watch tonight’s…
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Springs runner will carry U.S. flag at Beijing Olympics
DALIAN, China – Eight years ago, Lopez Lomong didn’t even have a country. Now he’ll be carrying the flag for his adopted nation, leading the U.S. Olympic team at opening ceremonies Friday night. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who has been working out at Colorado Springs’ Olympic Training Center and the Air…