Yesterday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revealed its list of the candidates cities to organise the 2016 summer Olympic Games.

The selected cities are:

- Chicago (United States)
- Madrid (Spain)
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Tokyo (Japan)

These four cities was selected betwenn 7 candidates. In addition to the 4 cities selected, Bakou (Azerbaïdjan), Doha (Qatar) and Prague (Czech republic) were not selected by the commission.

The decision will be known in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

It is known that safety during Beijing Games is one of the Chinese primary goals, especially after the rumours of terrorist attacks which weigh on the country.

On this subject, in order to not run any risk, 160 tracker dogs specialized in the explosives detection are awaited in Beijing to reinforce a local team of 44 other dogs.

After one month of intensive drive to target detection suspect or illicit things, all the dogs will be in services on competition sites, logistics centers, airports and residences.

Several races of dog are represented, we could see labradors or shepherds. Besides the local police uses them since 1 year to detect drug in the public places. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, the Chinese authorities drew up the list of all the things prohibited during the Olympic Games of Beijing. This list aims obviously the foreign visitors who will be in China to follow the competitions.

After drugs, weapons, ammunition, which are already forbidden in all the countries, the objects with aimed pornographic, as well as the public demonstrations and gatherings are prohibited if they did not have the authorization necessary.

Moreover any object or demonstration concerning Tibet or bearing reached in China will be sanctioned heavily and no authorizations will n be delivered in this kind of case.

You are now prevented… Read the rest of this entry »

Usain Bolt, a 21 years old jamaican runner, beat last Saturday in New York City the 100 meters race world record with 9″72 seconds. He dethroned his compatriot Asafa Powell who had carried out 9″74 seconds in Italy last September.

Saturday, the race profited from a wind of 1,7 meter/second old back but with difficult climatic conditions and rains.
After a world championship silver medail on 200 meters race, this yound runner already promises to make beautiful things in Beijing.

Watch the race in video : Read the rest of this entry »

The information is not official but that already starts to buzz on the Web : Leona Lewis, the British singer, could be present at the olympic closing ceremony in Beijing and to perform by the same occasion.

Since the closing ceremony must mark the relay with the next host city for next summer Olympic Games in 2012, in fact London, british personalities should be present. The London mayor Boris Johnson should be presend and accompanied by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the sportsman David Beckham, and the singer Leona Lewis.

After having conquered the United States and Europe lately, it will be the occasion for the singer to expose herself to the international scene and to benefit from this occasion to conquer new horizons.
Celine Dion had been an enormous success after her performance at Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. Leona Lewis should follow her steps.

For those who don’t know her, here is the song “Bleeding Love” in video, which has to reveal Leona Lewis : Read the rest of this entry »

The current Olympic champion on 100m race, Justin Gatlin, will know the next week if he will be able to be qualified to defend his Olympic title in Beijing this summer.

After two days of audience in New York, the Arbitration Court of Sport will return its decision on next June 6.

Let us point out the request for runner : Justin Gatlin asked the Court not to impose him a suspension of more than two years for doping in 2006.

So if its request is accepted, he could go to the American selections which will take place from June 27 to July 6 in Oregon, qualificative for the Beijing Games. Read the rest of this entry »

In Beijing, the hotels are not full. According to them, more than half of the rooms are currently available, and this at 72 days of the beginning of Beijing Olympic Games.

Causes of this lack of craze would be the exorbitant price applied by hotels as well as events which have occurred in China lately. The suggested prices for hotel rooms would have triplet or quadrupled if we believe local informations. Moreover, pollution, the seism as well as the crisis situation in Tibet make that the foreigners are rather reticent to come.

Moreover, British and American were warned by their authorities on the risks of increasingly terrorist attacks which Beijing Olympic Games could be victim.

Rather alarming almost two months before the beginning of Beijing Games.. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, the chinese capital recorded a pollution peak of level 5, (maximum level), which pushed the local authorities to require of the inhabitants not to go out if they had respiratory problems.

The air degradation would partly due to the sandstorms which currently cross Mongolia said the Chinese environment protection service.

Once again, a bad point for Beijing which had been committed to reduce considerably problems of pollution. China sees the negative consequences of its rise at high speed without worrying about the environment.. Read the rest of this entry »

The American sprinter Justin Gatlin, who incurs a 4 years old suspension for doping, will be in front of the sports courts Wednesday and Thursday in New York in order to ask to be able to defend his Olympic championship on 100 meters race in Beijing.

Gatlin who already had a reduction of its sorrow last January, will require of the sport court judges to raise his suspension so that he can take part to Beijing Olympics.
But the court will also have to consider the request of the international athletics federation which disputes the leniency of reduced sentence that Gatlin had last January and wishes passed by again its sorrow at eight years.

The court will have thus two decisions to take next Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Some giants pandas, which are protected animals in China, were brought in Beijing by plane to be placed in the Beijing Zoo during the next Olympic Games.

The eight pandas, come from search and protection pandas center of Wolong, siting about 20 miles from the last may 12th earthquake center. Pandas was a little nervous after the earthquake, but Wolong Center director said that the eight animals are cured and in good health.

Pandas should have success with Beijing visitors which are awaiting during this summer. Read the rest of this entry »