USA’s Morgan Hamm Withdraws
Breaking news our of Beijing this morning. Gymnast Morgan Hamm has withdrawl from the 2008 summer games with an ankle injury. It’s upsetting news, especially following his brother Paul’s withdrawl just 10 days ago, also due to injuries. Alexander Artemev will take Morgan’s spot on the mens gymnastics team.
Events for Thursday August 7th
Ahead of the Beijing opening ceremonies there will be Mens soccer preliminaries played on Thursday. (The women’s took place on Wednesday)
Highlighted games include Japan vs the United States and Brazil vs Belgium. Mens results to come tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Olympic Events Start Today
Two days ahead of the official Olympic Opening Ceremonies competition has already begun. Women’s soccer started on Wed the 6th with the following matches and results:
Preliminaries Women’s Soccer Results
- Argentina vs Canada - Cananda Wins 2-1
- Germany vs Brazil - Tie 0-0
- Japan vs New Zealand - Tie 2-2
- Norway vs United States - Norway Wins 2-0
- North Korea vs Nigeria - Korea Wins 1-0
- China vs Sweden - Sweden Wins 2-1
All of those results are official as of posting. Medal matches for soccer won’t take place until later in the games on Thurs. August 21nd and Sat. August 23rd.
US Olympic Tennis Team
On the heels of Wimbledon we bring you the U.S. tennis team line up.
A five-player mens team will be made up of:
- James Blake
- Sam Querrey
- Robby Ginepri
- Bob Bryan
- Mike Bryan
The women’s team will be:
- Serena Williams
- Venus Williams (winner of this year’s Wimbledon)
- Lindsay Davenport
- Liezel Huber
Tyson Gay Injured, Could Miss Olympics
Track star Tyson Gay took a spill while qualifying for the 200-metres and could miss the Beijing Olympics all together. Gay suffered a severe hamstring cramp and came tumbling to the ground during Saturday’s qualifying heat in Eugene, Oregon.
Earlier in the week Gay had recorded the fastest time on history running the 100 meters in 9.68 seconds. An MRI will be performed to see if he can still make the trip to Beijing.
Gary Hall’s Fourth Place Finish Ends His Reign
Famed swimmer Gary Hall will not be going Beijing. In an astonishing upset Hall finished fourth in the 50m freestyle in Omaha. Having already won five gold medals in three previous games Hall had the opportunity to become the first swimmer to win the same event in three different Olympic games. Garrett Weber-Gale finished the 50 in a record time of 21.47 seconds.
Beijing Olympic Programming on Cox On Demand
If you happen to be a subscriber of Cox cable you might already have started receiving their free On Demand service (different then ‘InDemand’). Hit up channel 1 if you do and you’ll find a ton of Olympic programming already available on demand - some of it in HD. You can relive classic Olympic battles from previous games, watch how to videos on a number of sports, and view China tourist information.
On they way - the latest Beijing Olympic News and Results
We’re still unpacking the boxes, but in a short time we’ll be bring you the latest Beijing Olympic time trial results, pre-game news and eventually a daily blast of Beijing’s Olympic results. We’ve got coverage planned on everything from how the Olympics have affected China’s economy to the cool design and architecture created especially for this summer’s game. Stay tuned folks.