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| The Great Wail of China |
| Tears or no tears, introspection or not, Chinas gold medals tally, though, never stops climbing. |
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| Overhead smash |
| The Olympics have uncovered a strength and confidence amongst Indias best athletes. |
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| Jamaican beat |
| Jamaica's five medals have come on the track, including a 24-hour- double whammy, gold in the men's and women's 100m. |
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| Liu's long walk |
| As he tore across the line, Liu Xiang, China's first track gold medalist in history, took 1.3 bn people along with him and reached his arms out to the sky. |
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| Bolt
of Lightning |
| Usain Bolt's stunning victory in the men's
100m Olympic final could rescue and revolutionise sprinting. |
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| Sword
play |
| In fencing, art and combat dance together
at speed. |
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| A
walk inside the Water Cube |
| On the outside it looks like something
only the 21st century with its love for the synthetic
and the disposable could have thought up. But the real
magic of the games aquatics venue is on the inside. |
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| IOA
dresses Indians down |
| India's finest are kitted out in clothes
that have left them feeling small. The kits supplied
to the team have got some athletes grumbling. |
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| Into
the mind of the Thorpe-do |
Swimming legend Ian Thorpe says he will
keep a keen eye on Michael Phelps' pursuit of eight
gold medals at the Olympics.
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| Inside
Beijing’s bubble |
Beijing is not a city anymore; it is the
combined intent of 1.3 billion people determined to
show off their shiniest, brightest face.
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| What
India expects at the Olympic |
For India, the weeks before the Games
are always for dreaming. Yet it is significant, that
from Sydney 2000 onwards, India’s dreams have grown.
The numbers of their dream catchers are rising.
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| Champions
Inc. |
| Badminton player Saina Nehwal, 18, is
wide-eyed about the Olympics but that's because she's
really keen to catch a glimpse of her draw. "I
believe," she says with teenage certainty, "that
dreams come true." |
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