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Today is the day of the Beijing 2008 Olympic opening ceremony. Already, Google launched multiple special sites and services for the Olympics. Thanks to everyone providing pointers for this!
Google’s main Olympics page has different designs depending on the country. The China homepage is more colorful than the US homepage. In the US, you can launch videos, gadgets, and see the current medals won overlaid on a Google Map (the latter is also featured on a standalone page). There are stories collected via Google News as well.
The YouTube Olympics channel is only available in some countries, being geo-IP-banned elsewhere. “The IOC’s [International Olympic Committee] Channel will be accessible in territories where digital VOD [video on demand] rights have not been sold or have been acquired on a non-exclusive basis,” the press release explains.
+ The countries where this channel shows are...
Afghanistan, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran Islamic Republic Of, Iraq, Kenya, Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea, Kuwait, People’s Democratic Republic Lao, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, United Republic Of Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Olympics doodle links to a search for the words Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Shown in the logo are the Beijing mascots Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini, who together spell “Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni” – “welcome to Beijing”. They carry the Olympic flag, which contains rings representing the world’s continents.
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Talking about mascots, the two avatars above are not for the Olympics... they’re virtually “patrolling” the web and showing up on sites, likely to show users who’s in charge (in China, what you may or may not say online is part of a controlled system, where e.g. loudly protesting against human rights violations may be censored).
Searching for e.g. italy olympics or german olympics aims to show the Gold medals won by the respective country in the form of a onebox (a special Google result). The box is linked to the offical Olympics homepage at Beijing2008.cn.
As previously mentioned, another onebox in results pop up when entering queries like taekwondo olympics, though it doesn’t work in every country (I added the “gl=us” parameter to the search URL here so you can see it).
Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak Flatwater, Canoe/Kayak Slalom, Cycling BMX, Cycling Mountain Bike, Cycling Road, Cycling Track, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics Artistic, Gymnastics Rhythmic, Trampoline, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.
China has a page where you can subscribe to SMS alerts in a variety of sports categories.

The Google 3D Warehouse, which features models for SketchUp and Google Earth, has a selection of architecture related to the summer games.
A YouTube video takes you through the 3D-scenery (corny music alert level raised to orange).
Google-powered community Tianya LaiBa has a special page for the Olympics. Social boards like LaiBa are sometimes in contact with the Chinese authorities to receive orders what can and cannot be discussed. For instance (according to a source who likes to remain anonymous and with help of auto-translation), in 2004 one University’s discussion board received instructions which included that “criticizing Taiwan independence” was OK but that no one should “incite group activities.” Google does not tell the press how such communications take place specifically.
Google offers a summer games gadget that’s supposed to show competition results as they come in. (The iGoogle.com gadget search when I tried it here did not return any results for either olympic, olympics or beijing, which felt broken. The iGoogle gadget Sports category turned up completely empty.) There is no specific air pollution gadget available specifically for Beijing but Google Earth has a way to show pollution since 2007. Ex-Google employee Ana Yang snapped some photos in China showing not exactly “blue sky days,” as she says (any expert out there who knows how much is fog, if any, and how much is smog?).
Google’s Olympics mobile page offers results for the different sports. Google’s mobile page shows the special Olympics doodle, too (albeit it’s not optimized for that size).
Google’s iGoogle homepage for China shows a special theme and an Olympics gadget.
[Thanks Dominik, Hebbet, Juha-Matti, Mostafa, Brinke, TomHTML!]
[By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google's Olympic Specials | Comments]
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It’s easy to get wrapped up in all of the big name countries that go to the Olympics, such as the United States or Russia, but have you ever thought about those countries that don’t have as much money for a team or only have a few athletes who qualify?
My family has a tradition of picking one or two of the smaller countries that can only send one or two athletes to the games, and sort of “adopting” them for us to root for over the course of the competition.
This year I am going to be watching Itte Detenamo in weightlifting. He is from the Republic of Nauru, the world’s smallest island nation at only 8.1 square miles. GO ITTE!
Who are you picking? Leave it in the comments!

Grenada - Grenada is a small Caribbean island northeast of Venezuela with a population of 110,000. Their lone Olympian will be Rolande Moses, a Welterweight boxer who left Grenada at age 7, but still qualifies to represent his birth country.

Haiti - Another Caribbean country that is sending only one Olympian to the games to compete in boxing. Azea Augustama will be contending in the light heavyweight class, and is a former Golden Gloves champion.

Republic of Guinea - 67 kg Barry Mariama Dalanda will be representing the west African country on the woman’s team in Taekwondo. The country has one of the largest mineral deposits in the world, but is considered one of the poorest because of instability in the region.

Republic of Nauru -The Republic of Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation at only 8.1 square miles. It is located northeast of Australia in the Micronesian South Pacific. Their sole Olympic participant will be Itte Detenamo and he will be taking part in the weightlifting competition.

Republic of Niger - Named for the Niger River, Niger will be sending Lailatou Amadou Lele to contend for the gold medal in Taekwondo.

Republic of Togo - When you think of the sub-Saharan country, Judo is probably not the first sport that comes to mind. However, that is exactly the sport the 81-kg Sacha Dananyoh will be participating in as a wild card. (The site links to the official website of the country, which is in French)

Aruba - A Caribbean island nation that only measures 21 miles in length is sending two atheletes to the Beijing games. Vis Fiderd will be participating in Judo and Jan Roodzant in swimming.

Bhutan - Located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains, Bhutan is sending two archers to the games for the seventh time. Tashi Peljor will compete for the men in archery and Droji Dema for the women.

British Virgin Islands - Though they are a British territory, they attend the Olympics separately from Britain. Both participants, Tahesia Harrigan and Eric Matthias will be participating in track and field.

Brunei Darussalam - A nation located on the northern coast of Borneo, Brunei Darussalam will be sending Maria Grace Koh for swimming and Mohd Yazid Yatimi Yusof for track and field.

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - More commonly known as East Timor, is an island nation located to the northwest of Australia. Both of the country’s Olympic athletes, Mariana Dias Ximenes and Augusto Ramos Soares, will be participating in track and field.

Islamic Republic of Mauritania -The country is represented by Bounkou Camara and Souleymane Chabal El Moctar, who will be competing in track and field.

Principality of Liechtenstein - Covering only 62 square miles, and primarily known for winter sports, the Principality of Liechtenstein will have two contestants at the summer games. Marcel Tschopp will be running the marathon and Oliver Geissmann will be in the shooting competition.

Republic of Botswana - A land filled with cattle and diamonds, they are sending two boxers to the summer Olympics. Khumiso Ikgopoleng will be boxing in the bantamweight class and Thato Batshegi will be in the featherweight class.

Republic of Chad - A landlocked country in the middle of Africa, making it extremely arid, is sending two track and field athletes to the games. Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert and Moumi Sebergue will be the two to make it this time around.

Republic of Sierra Leone - Located in western Africa, the Republic of Sierra Leone has a tropical environment and will be sending Solomon Bayoh and Michaela Kargbo to both participate in track and field.

Somali Republic - A eastern African country, they will be sending Abdinasir Said Ibrahim and Samia Yusuf Omar to participate in track and field.

Sultanate of Oman - Located on the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Sultanate of Oman will be sending Allah Dad Al-Balushi to compete in shooting and Mohammed Al-Habsi in swimming.
All map images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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