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How To Watch The Olympics.(2008 Beijing Olympics coverage)
Byline: INTERVIEWS BY CARA LITKE, EMILY HSIEH, SARAH VAN BOVEN, AND DANIELLE PERGAMENT
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An Interview with Mark Starr
Starr is the national sports correspondent for Newsweek. This summer will be his tenth trip to the Olympics.
Despite all the hype, I love the Olympics for those moments that transcend any one sport. In Sydney, for instance, the two Korean Olympic teams walked together under the same flag in a gesture of peace. Here's what I'm looking forward to in Beijing:
Catch it live. Because of the time change, most of the competition will take place when Americans are sleeping or working. However, several of the most popular sports, including swimming and gymnastics, will have morning finals--which is very unusual--and will air live during prime time. NBC used its economic clout to ensure that Americans could watch the most popular events as they unfold.
Root for the old-timers. Several veteran athletes are poised to make history at the games. Despite a hand injury, Paul Hamm is aiming for Beijing. He was the gymnast who won the all-around in Athens, but his victory was marred by a scoring controversy; it'll be interesting to see if he can put those doubts to rest. Dara Torres is a 41-year-old swimmer who first competed in the 1984 Olympics, and she ...
- Accord on sports exchange with Korean Olympic Committee.
- News wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh October 27, 2008 700+ words
...headquarters of the Korean Olympic Committee. General Moeen congratulated the Korean Olympic Committee for Korea...performance at the Beijing Olympics. He also congratulated...Chief requested the Korean Olympic Committee to dispatch...
- IOC trying to help form joint inter-Korean Olympic team.
- News wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea September 3, 2006 700+ words
...joint team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But few expect that Rogge's...Switzerland, on Tuesday with the two Korean Olympic chiefs -- Kim Jung-kil from...said, commenting on the Beijing Olympics."If North Korea insists again...
- Korean Olympic, youth soccer squads to start overseas tour.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire January 14, 2003 700+ words
...and England. "The Korean Olympic football team will...relations at the KFA. The Korean Olympic team, headed by Kim...Africa Feb. 7. "The Korean Olympic squad will then travel...for the 2004 Athens Olympics with the winner between...
- North Korean Olympic squad arrives in Beijing.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports August 2, 2008 700+ words
...Yonhap headline: "N. Korean Olympic Squad Arrives In Beijing...asked by reporters whether Olympics officials from the two Koreas...ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics - just three months after...Pyongyang - and in the 2004 Athens Olympics. But relations between the...
- N. Korean Olympic squad to arrive in Beijing on Aug. 2: source.
- News wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea July 29, 2008 700+ words
...Beijing early next week for the Summer Olympics, a source at the Chinese Olympic Committee...17-day run, according to the North Korean Olympic Committee. The squad, accompanied...with no gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics and will participate this year in events...
- S. Korean Olympic bid still alive, says official.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) October 11, 2006 700+ words
...Kim, the top official of the Pyeongchang 2014 Winter Olympics bid committee, is on a business trip in California until...North, the province has led the movement for unification. Korean Olympic bid officials said bringing the Winter Games to the region...
- SOUTH KOREAN OLYMPIC BID OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN GUATEMALA.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News July 2, 2007 700+ words
...session which will select the city to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. South Korea's PyeongChang is vying to stage the world...host the Winter Games," said Kim Jung-kil, chief of the Korean Olympic Committee, who is accompanying the 60-member bid delegation...
- North, South Korean Olympic officials meet in Athens.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire August 11, 2004 700+ words
...Athens, 11 August: The second group of South Korean athletes and officials arrived in Athens for the Summer Olympics, South Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) officials said Wednesday [11 August]. After the delegation of 237 landed at Athens International...
- NATIONAL ARCHERS TO SPAR WITH SOUTH KOREAN OLYMPIC SQUAD.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire January 19, 2004 700+ words
...against world class opposition when they spar with the South Korean Olympic squad which is here on a three-week stint. The National...set a four-gold target for his charges during the Athens Olympics, is confident of achiving that goal although he acknowledges...
- Int'l Sports Court to Rule on S. Korean Olympic Gymnast Thursday.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 20, 2004 700+ words
...error that cost a South Korean gymnast a gold medal, the Korean Olympic Committee said Wednesday. ""The Lausanne-based CAS has...in the men's all-around gymnastics final at the Athens Olympics. One-tenth of a point was improperly taken off the start...