http://community.active.com/blogs/endurance The latest hot topics, news and updates from the Endurance Sports world. We cover topics from various sports, so don't be shocked if you see a running related post on the cycling community. In the end, it's all relevant in one way or another. :) Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:56:14 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.5.2 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2007-08-08T20:56:14Z http://community.active.com/blogs/endurance/2007/08/08/one-year-out <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:b676d749-4f2e-42f6-9fe7-d5bbcd80addf] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Today, August 8th, begins the one-year countdown to the <strong>2008 Olympics Games</strong> in Beijing, China. Spending more money than any other host city ever, Beijing's venues are nearly ready for competition, with several staging test events in the next six months. To say that China is excited to show itself off to the world would be an understatement. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Fans of the Olympics should also be excited to learn that NBC will broadcast over 3,600 hours of coverage. The majority of it will be available via live streaming video online, a first for American viewers. This amount of coverage is more than the total of all previous <strong>Summer Games</strong> combined. Prime-time coverage will feature live <strong>swimming</strong>, <strong>gymnastics</strong> and <strong>beach volleyball</strong>.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Check out <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.amazingawaits.org">www.amazingawaits.org</a> for a pretty inspirational video of Olympic highlights.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:b676d749-4f2e-42f6-9fe7-d5bbcd80addf] --> running olympics cycling swimming gymnastics jesse-hammond triathlon beach_volleyball Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:20:00 GMT guest http://community.active.com/blogs/endurance/2007/08/08/one-year-out 2007-08-08T21:20:00Z 5 years, 10 months ago 2 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/endurance/comment/one-year-out http://community.active.com/blogs/endurance/feeds/comments?blogPost=2496