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amazing 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony photos

monaco — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:12:00 -0400

I still can't get over the excitement and awe from what we have witnessed with the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games last night. The costumes, fireworks, precision of each presentation; the colors, the pageantry and the sheer magnitude of it all. Tagged by monaco under 2008, Beijing, Olympics, photos, opening, ceremony, pictures, summer,

tragedies: the Hungarian weightlifting accident

monaco — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:12:00 -0400

Have you seen this? Can you see how his arm is twisted in the photo above? Ouch! I actually saw this photo and a video of the accident last night but couldn't get myself to make a post out of it because, to be frank, it made my head spin, almost to the point of puking! Tagged by monaco under 2008, beijing, olympics, hungarian, weightlifting, accident, olympic, Janos, Baranyai,