The problems of the Beijing Olympics - Week 9

The 2008 Beijing Olympic games is one of the most important events that ever happened in China. Millions of people in China are proud of hosting the Olympics this year and are preparing for it. However China still needs to fix a lot of problem such as: environmental protection, supporting facilities, food security, economic and financial security. If china can't deal with these problems then the Olympic may turn out to be a challenge for the participants.

The government is dealing with unusual weather which is snow. the snow in Beijing is is traveling like crazy these days. in late July to the beginning of august is when rain in Beijing is most popular. but last summer in Beijing; horrible traffic adversity happened last year due to the rain.

The Large-scale background of the dilemma is that:global warming goes on - 10 of the 11 hottest year in records occurred after 1995, possibly with the boost of the severe weather event at the local scale. Capacity-building for dealing with severe weather has increasingly been a problem for governments worldwide.

It's not only an immediate problem for the Beijing Olympics, but a long-term contest for the government of a developing country.

http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/viewthread.php?action=printable&tid=592517

Biathlon - Week 8

Biathlon is one of the winter Olympic sports. It's been an Olympic sport since 1960, and is regularly one of the most watched events for European sports fans. In Greek the word Biathlon means :the joining of two contests like skiing and running. Biathlon is skiing and shooting.

Biathlon participants have to ski for a certain distance usually between 3 - 5 km with 0.22 caliber rifles attached to their backs. When they reach the firing area, they can only have five shots and have to shoot in a distance of 50m.if the participant misses a shot they must ski around a penalty loop of 150 m.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen set a impressive record at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City after earning gold and silver in 1998. His training for the 2002 events included finishing 6th in the 30 km cross-country skiing race. From there, Bjoerndalen won gold in every biathlon event, including anchoring Team Norway in the relay. His four gold medals in a single Olympic year set a record that will be tough to match.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/biathlon3.htm