Banned Olympic sprinter, Justin Gatlin, wants to compete in the upcoming trials for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and is taking his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He filed a lawsuit yesterday, alleging that the penalty for his 2001 doping charges violates the Americans with Disability Act since, he claims, the medication he […]
He covered 100 different sports in 40 countries. He won 12 Emmy Awards as well as numerous other honors. He covered 12 Olympic games. But, it was Jim McKay’s solid and compassionate broadcasting during the dark days at the 1972 Munich games that would be the most important moment of his career. McKay guided a […]
Organizers of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games have had to apologize after it was discovered that a 200-page training manual for the 100,000 volunteers contained inappropriate language in reference to disabled people.
Thirty percent of the volunteers are expected to work at the Paralympic Games. Here are some examples of the wording used:
When […]
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games are just two months away and the host city is still dealing with problems related to air quality. Yesterday, pollution levels rose so sharply in Beijing that authorities told people with respiratory disorders to remain indoors. Apparently, there was a a sandstorm in Mongolia that resulted in a “heavily polluted” […]
Despite reports to the contrary, the Dalai Lama, says that his attendance of the Olympic Games in Beijing is not likely. “If the situation in Tibet remains as it is now, and there is no improvement, then it is very hard to go there,” he told broadcaster ZDF in an interview conducted in Germany, […]
With 60,000 missing and the death toll hovering around 13,000 after a massive earthquake hit the country, the Olympic torch relay in the Chinese province of Jiangxi today was toned down. Chinese volunteers waved flags (as seen above) during the simplified ceremony that opened with a minute of silence out of respect for those who […]
The torch for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games made it’s way to North Korea, marking the first time the Olympic symbol was taken to the Asian nation. According to the Associated Press, it was protest-free as it was presided over by the head of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, Kim Yong Nam, who often acts as […]
The Olympic torch has been labelled an “embarrassment” by some of the media in Australia where the torch arrived today. Things got so out of hand that six people were arrested and officials have braced themselves for more protests. One man and a woman hung a Tibeten flag on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and lasers […]
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TMZ is reporting that two-time Olympic gold medal winner, Pasha Grishuk, most famous for her ice dancing, was given GHB, also known as the “date rape” drug.
The Orange County police department is investigating Grishuk’s claims that, while attending a business meeting at St. Regis, she left […]
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…Maybe, maybe not.
All we know is that the Russian newspaper, “Moskovsky Korrespondent” printed in early April that former Olympic rhythmic gymnast, Alina Kabayeva and Russian president, Vladimir Putin were engaged to be married and that the ceremony was set to take place in […]
The Olympic Torch is just part of what Light the Torch covers. We discuss the coming Beijing Olympics as well as future and past Olympic Games, Olympic athletes, and Olympics issues and news.
Written by Jeanne Dupuis [email], and Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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