Bejin+Olympics+DS

=Bejing Olympics=

With all the upseting things that have happened durring the Naughty Oughties there have been some pretty amazing things. For instince you have the Bejing olympics that happened in 2008, from August 8th to the 24th. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Comitees competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games. It was the third time that the Summer Olympic Games were held in Asia, after Tokyo, Japan in 1964 and Seoul, South Korea in 1988. There were 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records set. An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games. Chineese Atheletes won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether, while the United States had the most medals total with 110. Michael Phelps broke the records for most gold medals in one Olympics and for most career gold medals for an Olympian by winning eight swimming events. Usain Bolt secured the traditional title of "World's Fastest Man" by setting new world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints.