All Articles Tagged 'olympics' (58)

Nicole and Radek love at the Opening Ceremony

What a nice photo...Radek is taking photo of his darling Nicole...so sweet

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Added by Svetlana on August 10, 2008 at 8:40am — 2 Comments

Jelena Jankovic may pull out of the Olympic Games

As we already said, Jelena got an injury during her practice on Friday morning and that was why she skipped the Opening Ceremony. But more bad news. She will maybe pull out of the Olympic Games.

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Photos of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games

Here are the photos of Fernando Gonzalez and Roger Federer carrying flags of their countries, Rafa and David Ferrer having some great fun with other Spanish Olympians, Murray brothers, and Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic with Serbian Olympic team during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, August 8, 2008.…

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Lindsay Davenport withdraws from Olympic singles

Lindsay Davenport who was the 1996 Olympic champion, pulled out of the singles event at the Beijing Games with a knee injury, the United States Tennis Association said.

"It's the same injury she had during Wimbledon," said USTA spokesman Tim Curry.

Lindsay sustained the injury in the… Continue

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Tennis players at the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

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Video - David Nalbandian practices in Beijings

David Nalbandian practices at the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis… Continue

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Video - Lleyton Hewitt practices in Beijing

Lleyton Hewitt practices at the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis… Continue

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Video - Daniela Hantuchova practices in Beijing

Daniela Hantuchova practices at the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis… Continue

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Jelena Jankovic skips opening ceremony

I really can't believe this! According to Serbian "Blic" , Jelena will miss opening ceremony because of the injury she got on the practice on Friday morning. The tournament didn't even begin… Continue

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Elena Dementieva arrived to Beijing

No. 5 seed, Russian Elena Dementieva arrived to Beijing. She was spotted by the reporters and was obviously in a god mood with a smile on her face!

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Somebody is bored??

It's well known that Miroslava "Mirka" Vavrinec and Roger Federer are inseparable. Since they met at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 you can see her on every tournament where Roger play and even more now, on the practice court! She was spotted today at Olympics Green tennis center in Beijing. Well I don't know why she came to his practice when it's obvious that she's been very… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 7, 2008 at 7:53am — 6 Comments

Video - Jelena Jankovic practices in Beijing

Jelena Jankovic practices at the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis… Continue

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Video - Rafael Nadal practices in Beijing

Rafael Nadal practices at the Olympic Green Tennis… Continue

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Novak Djokovic arrived to Beijing

World number 3, Novak Djokovic arrived to Beijing.

"I'm excited and I can't wait to go out on the court. I represent my country on one of the most important competition. It's a great honor and pleasure to be here, and of course I'll try to win one of the medals."- said Djokovic to the press on Beijing airport.…

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Video - Serena and Venus Williams arrived to Beijing

As we already said Serena and Venus Williams arrived in Beijing on Friday. Here is the video of their arrival to Beijing airport.

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Jelena Jankovic arrived to Beijing

Jelena Jankovic arrived this morning from Washinghton to Beijing where she was welcomed by Snezana Lakicevic Stojacic, a member of the Serbian Olympic committee, many reporters and fans.

"I'm asleep. The trip was nice, but I waited two hours for my baggage. I was in the same plane with the US baseball team. It was an interesting trip. They asked me for the… Continue

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David Nalbandian interview about Olympics

Here is an interview David Nalbandian did for ITF Tennis site, called "Olympic spotlight on...David Nalbandian".

Q: David, how excited are you at competing in your first Olympic Games?

DN: Well, it's great. I was in Athens and got injured just two days before the start of the event, so I was very unlucky, and very… Continue

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Elena Dementieva interview about Olympics

Here is an interview Elena Dementieva did for ITF Tennis site, called "Olympic spotlight on...Elena Dementieva".

Q: How exciting was it for you to win the silver medal at the Sydney Olympics?

ED: I think that was the most exciting moment in my career. I will never forget my first silver medal. I was playing the… Continue

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Tennis stars Beijing practice photos

Tennis stars arrived to Beijing and started with the practicing. Ana Ivanovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Fernando Gonzales, Lleyton Hewitt, Jonas Bjorkman, Samantha Stosur and Zheng Jie were spotted at an Olympic Green tennis court in Beijing.…

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The 50 Most Beautiful female Olympians named

An internet magazine WebTVHub has put together a list detailing their top 50 sexiest female athletes and a relatively unknown Canadian, Alexandra Orlando(rhythmic gymnastics) is on No.1. But in top 10 are 4… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 7, 2008 at 7:41am — No Comments