The Olympic Games are in the books for Beijing 2008: USA #1

China wanted to finish higher than the USA, and certainly did winning more gold medals than any other country, but the USA finished on top with total wins:

Olympic medal count:
Total - Gold Silver Bronze
1. United States 110 - 36 38 36

2. China 100 - 51 21 28
3. Russian Fed 72 - 23 21 28
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I always look back to 1972 and the accomplishments of Mark Spitz. It was certainly memorable to watch Michael Phelps blast the field and surpass Spitz's accomplishments in Beijing. By the way, it's nice to hear that the women and men are both on top in basketball and the USA wins gold in men's volleyball for the first time in 20 years.

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Chinese fake portions of Opening Cermonies

The sixteen year old gymnasts may look too young, but there are some fakes unfolding on the China front during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
It appears that portions of the Opening Ceremonies were faked.

Smog contributed to one of the fake productions.

The other was the beauty of the young person performing. You can't have an ugly duckling singing to the rest of the world, representing the face of China's youth. So, the Chinese officials pulled the seven year old out and put in an older replacement. The older nine year old lipped sync to the seven year's voice.

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