Miss Cellania: When you have your pick of which Olympic events to witness, it's no wonder Dubya headed straight for Beach Volleyball practice. Here he is discussing world issues with Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh of Team USA. LSB: Miss Cellania has some Olympic links you may have missed:
- 8 Sports That Never Made It Into The Summer Olympics.
- The Weirdest Olympic Events Throughout History.
- Ways to make women's gymnastics even more awesome.
- The eight biggest Olympics marketing screw-ups in modern history.
- How to Train Like an Olympian. It's not just a sport, it's a life choice.
- You can no longer make a "Perfect Ten" in women's gymnastics.
- Changes Geeks Would Make to the Summer Olympics.
- How to watch the Olympics online. A list of sites that are offering various video channels.
- Track the medal count. (via Simply Left Behind)
- Six Memorable Olympic Opening Ceremonies from the past.
- Beautiful big photographs of the 2008 Opening Ceremonies.
- Olympic athletes you can root for. Their road to Beijing was longer than most.
- 18 Smaller Olympic Countries to Root For. Some nations only have one athlete at the Games. Wouldn't it be awesome for them to bring home a medal?
- The story of Lopez Lomong, one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" and now an Olympic runner who carried the US flag at the opening ceremonies. Here's his website.
- The World's Worst Olympians. Some countries don't bring home many medals, but they have their reasons. Some should get kudos for just making the attempt.
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