The only disabled persons to have competed at the Olympic Games
- Posted by pinolobu on 08:50AM Aug 22, 2008
George Eyser The first person ever to do so was George Eyser (b 1871), an American gymnast at the 1904 St Louis Olympics, and amazingly, getting 3 golds! He had a wooden prosthesis installed for his left >>
The greatest 200m race ever, and the track world record that might never be broken
- Posted by pinolobu on 08:49AM Aug 21, 2008
4 days after the stunning 100m performance, he’s done it again, or as some people said: “lightning bolt struck twice at the same spot.” If ever there was a Michael Phelps of track and >>
Worst sporting accident at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:23AM Aug 19, 2008
By far, the worst one must be the one endured by Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai, 24, who was competing in the 77 kilo divison on the 13th of August. It was his first Olympics. He was attempting >>
The most NSFW image of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Posted by pinolobu on 08:44AM Aug 18, 2008
It’s a photograph of water polo player Christina Tsoukala of Greece in their first group match, which was against Australia, fighting for the ball with rival Gemma Beadsworth on 11th August. Somehow >>
For only the second time ever, 6 men broke the 10-second barrier in a 100m sprint race
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:10AM Aug 17, 2008
Finally, after 17 years it was done. The greatest 100m race in the world is no longer the century dash at the 1991 World Championships, previously the first and only time 6 men clocked below 10 seconds. >>
The most eagerly awaited, mouth-watering clashes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:00AM Aug 16, 2008
Men’s 100m Asafa Powell (Jamaica), 25. Dominated the 100m since 2004 with world records of 9.77 (June 2005) and 9.74 (September 2007). Has 39 sub-10 seconds, a record only bettered by Maurice Greene. >>
The greatest swimming race of all time
- Posted by pinolobu on 08:30AM Aug 15, 2008
It was at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the men’s 200m freestyle final. It pitted four of the fastest swimmers ever over that distance, all imposing figures at that: Ian “Thorpedo” Thorpe, >>
Michael Phelps: the greatest Olympian who ever lived
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:14AM Aug 14, 2008
I blogged about him being the greatest swimmer in the world in April 2007 when he won 7 golds at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships held in Australia. To show just how good a swimmer he is, back in >>
Beijing 2008 has the most spectacular Olympic opening ceremony ever?
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:26AM Aug 13, 2008
Check out these superlatives: more than 15,000 performers. 4 hours long. Reportedly cost over USD300 million to produce. Attended by more than 100 heads of state, heads of government and sovereigns, by >>
The best photograph of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, so far…
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:00AM Aug 11, 2008
The 2008 Olympiad must be the most reported - written about, videoed, photographed event of the year. Hundreds, if not thousands of journalists and of course bloggers are covering it. Then there comes >>
The most infamous R-rated scene in Hollywood history
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:17AM Aug 6, 2008
… was played by Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992), in that infamous Catherine Tremmel interrogation scene, no matter that the film received a mere 6.8 at imdb and given 2 stars by eminent movie >>
The wonders of make-up: Devenna Jaikob, Unduk Ngadau 2006 and Miss Sabah/World 2008
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:23AM Aug 4, 2008
Devenna Jaikob was Miss Sabah / World 2008 in April. She was also the 2006 Unduk Ngadau. She went on to represent Sabah at recent Miss Malaysia / World 2008 pageant, but went out in the earlier rounds. >>
The best ever villain death scene of the movies
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:00AM Aug 3, 2008
My favourite is in the movie Total Recall (1990), a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, when the bad guy Vilos Cohaagen (played by Ronny Cox) is blown out of the alien machine compound onto the airless >>
The world’s most incredible recordings: Alessandro Moreschi, the only castrato ever recorded
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:34AM Aug 1, 2008
But what is a castrato? A castrato is a man who was forcibly castrated at an early age in order to ensure that he would not experience the hormonal changes of puberty that lead to the lowering of the male >>
The most inspirational Olympic track and field performance ever: Derek Redmond, 400m semifinals, 1992 Olympiad
- Posted by pinolobu on 09:15AM Jul 30, 2008
There might have been more inspirational stories, but this one is played out right in front of thousands of visitors and untold millions (billions) more on TV around the globe. It was the 400m semifinals >>
