The XXVIX Olympiads in Beijing will officially open on August 8-24 2008 and we are proud that 15 Filipinos will be a part of Beijing Olympics. Although relatively small in number, we are still hoping that these 15 Filipino athletes will bring us our first ever gold medal.

The list of Filipino athletes who are battling for the gold are as follows:

Eric Ang – Lone Shooting
Mark Javier – Archery
Harry Tanamor – Boxing
Heidilyn Diaz – Weightliftting
Mary Antoinette Rivero – Taekwondo
Tshomlee Go – Taekwondo
Miguel Molina – …

It’s just a few days of sleep till the opening of 2008 Beijing Olympics. This time, it has the theme “One World One Dream” . This Olympics is a multi-sport event participated by almost all of the countries around the world subdivided into summer and winter events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad). Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated by a two year gap.

The First Olympiads were held in Athens Greece from …