Bejing Olympic special, funny or embarrassing moments

It was not all about shinny medals, it was fun. Well, at least fun to watch...

Beijing 2008 Paralympics Medal Table

China topped the Beijing 2008 Paralympics Medal Table by some distance winning 211 medals including a whopping 89 golds.

Great Britain was second, following on from the country's good medal performance at the Beijing Olympics and the USA was third.


Position Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 89 70 52 211
2 Great Britain 42 29 31 102
3 United States 36 35 28 99
4 Ukraine 24 18 32 74
5 Australia 23 29 27 79
6 South Africa 21 3 6 30
7 Canada 19 10 21 50
8 Russia 18 23 22 63
10 Brazil 16 14 17 47
9 Spain 15 21 22 58
11 Germany 14 25 20 59
12 France 12 21 19 52
13 South Korea 10 8 13 31
15 Mexico 10 3 7 20
14 Tunisia 9 9 3 21
16 Czech Republic 6 3 18 27
18 Japan 5 14 8 27
17 Poland 5 12 13 30
19 Netherlands 5 10 7 22
20 Greece 5 9 10 24
21 Belarus 5 7 1 13
22 Iran 5 6 3 14
23 Cuba 5 3 6 14
24 New Zealand 5 3 4 12
24 Sweden 5 3 4 12
27 Hong Kong 5 3 3 11
26 Kenya 5 3 1 9
28 Italy 4 7 7 18
29 Egypt 4 4 4 12
30 Nigeria 4 4 1 9
31 Algeria 4 3 8 15
32 Morocco 4 1 2 7
34 Austria 4 1 1 6
39 Switzerland 3 2 6 11
33 Denmark 3 2 4 9
34 Ireland 3 1 1 5
36 Croatia 3 1 0 4
37 Azerbaijan 2 3 5 10
38 Slovakia 2 3 1 6
40 Finland 2 2 2 6
41 Thailand 1 5 7 13
42 Portugal 1 4 2 7
43 Norway 1 3 3 7
44 Cyprus 1 2 1 4
45 Latvia 1 2 0 3
46 Singapore 1 1 2 4
46 Venezuela 1 1 2 4
48 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 2
49 Hungary 1 0 5 6
50 Chinese Taipei 1 0 1 2
50 Turkey 1 0 1 2
52 Mongolia 1 0 0 1
53 Israel 0 5 1 6
54 Angola 0 3 0 3
55 Jordan 0 2 2 4
56 Lithuania 0 2 0 2
56 Serbia 0 2 0 2
58 Argentina 0 1 5 6
59 Slovenia 0 1 2 3
60 Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
68 Colombia 0 1 1 2
60 Iraq 0 1 1 2
62 Bosnia-Hercegovina 0 1 0 1
62 Pakistan 0 1 0 1
62 Papua New Guinea 0 1 0 1
62 Romania 0 1 0 1
62 United Arab Emirates 0 1 0 1
67 Lebanon 0 0 2 2
68 Belgium 0 0 1 1
68 Estonia 0 0 1 1
68 Jamaica 0 0 1 1
68 Lao PDR 0 0 1 1
68 Malaysia 0 0 1 1
68 Namibia 0 0 1 1
68 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
68 Syria 0 0 1 1

The Beijing Olympics Mascots

Have a piece of Beijing Olympics memory by constructing the official Beijing Olympics Mascots - Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini in paper. Cute!

Bejing Olympic Village with cards

World Record cardstacker Bryan Berg has recreated the Bejing Olympic Village using 140,000 playing cards.

Romania's Alina Dumitru has won the gold medal in JUDO

Women's -48kg

Alina Alexandra Dumitru, from Romania, ranked No.1 in the world, defeated Yanet Bermoy of Cuba with an ippon in the gold medal contest in JUDO. She defeated in the semifinal Athens Olympic champion Tani Ryoko of Japan . Alina Dumitru clearly dominated the extra-lightweight category in Europe , having five consecutive European Championships between 2004 and 2008. She also won bronze medals at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.

The first gold medallist of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Katerina Emmons is the first gold medallist of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

She is the winner of the Women's 10 meter Air Rifle; you should also know that she's the daughter of two-time world champion Petr Kurka, who doubles as her coach and her husband is Athens shooting gold medallist, Matt Emmons.

In fact, the 24-year-old Czech Republic sharp-shooter met her husband at Athens 4 years ago, when, competing under the name Katerina Kurkova, she won a bronze medal and Matt, representing USA, took the Men's 50m Rifle Prone gold (a title he will defend in Beijing on August 15). Nice couple, huh?

Pictures from Beijing 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics has begun! The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some pictures and some videos of the nearly 4-hour performance.