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HOW ON EARTH DOES A SPORT MAKE IT INTO THE OLYMPIC GAMES? Q: WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING A SPORT INTO THE OLYMPIC GAMES? A: MAINLY FOUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. THEY ARE THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS (IFS), NATIONAL GOVERNING BODIES (NGBS), NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES (NOCS) AND INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC). IFS AND NGBS OPERATE THEIR SPORTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS IN REGARD TO ELIGIBILITY, RULES AND CHAMPIONSHIPS<注2>. AN IF IS AN AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION<注3> AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF ITS SPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. THE IFS CONDUCT THE EVENTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES, AS WELL AS IN OTHER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH NOCS AND IOC. Q: WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF IFS AND NGBS? A: EACH IF ESTABLISHES ITS OWN ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR ITS SPORT. AN IF CAN HAVE ONE SET OF ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES, WHICH MUST BE APPROVED BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, AND ANOTHER SET OF RULES FOR ALL OTHER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS (I.E. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS). AS A GENERAL RULE, THERE IS A SINGLE FEDERATION GOVERNING EACH OLYMPIC SPORT, EXCEPT THAT ONE IF GOVERNS BOTH SPEED SKATING AND FIGURE SKATING, AND ANOTHER FEDERATION GOVERNS THE SPORTS OF BIATHLON AND MODERN PENTATHLON. IFS ALSO SELECT JUDGES, REFEREESAND OTHER TECHNICAL OFFICIALS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING THE OLYMPIC GAMES. THE IF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RESOLVING ALL TECHNICAL ISSUES, SUCH AS OFFICIATING DISPUTES. EACH IF RECOGNIZES A SINGLE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY (NGB) IN EACH COUNTRY PARTICIPATING IN THE SPORT. AN NGB MUST BE AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS ITS MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO ALL ATHLETES IN ITS COUNTRY. IT MUST ALSO HAVE ITS MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO ALL NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH PROMOTING THE SPORT. EACH NGB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING OR SANCTIONING COMPETITIONS OPEN TO ALL ATHLETES IN ITS COUNTRY. APPROVED OR SANCTIONED COMPETITIONS ARE CONDUCTED UNDER THE RULES OF THE NGB. Q: WHAT IS THE PRECONDITION FOR A SPORT TO BE ADDED TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES? A: INSGROUPSFOR A SPORT TO BE ADDED TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES PROGRAM, THE RESPECTIVE IF MUST FIRST GAIN RECOGNITION FROM THE IOC AS A FEDERATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE PRINCIPLES OF THE IOC’S CHARTER. SECOND, THE FEDERATION MUST PROVE THAT THE MEN’S OR MIXED OR“OPEN”SPORTS ARE BEING“WIDELY PRACTICED”(NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS) IN AT LEAST 75 COUNTRIES AND FOUR CONTINENTS. FOR WOMEN’S SPORTS, THE REQUIREMENT IS AT LEAST 40 COUNTRIES AND THREE CONTINENTS. THESE RULES HAS APPLIED TO SPORTS SINCE THE 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES PROGRAM, BUT TOUGHER CRITERIA BEGAN TO PUT INTO ACTION STARTING IN THE YEAR 2000. ONLY SPORTS WIDELY PRACTICED BY MEN AND/OR WOMEN IN AT LEAST 25 COUNTRIES AND THREE CONTINENTS MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM OF THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES. Q: WILL THE SPORT BE PLAYED RIGHT AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO THE OLYMPIC PROGRAM? A: SPORTS THAT ARE ADMITTED TO THE OLYMPIC PROGRAM CANNOT BE PLAYED AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES UNTIL SEVEN YEARS AFTER THEIR ADMITTANCE. Q: WILL THERE BE ANY REVISION TO THE SPORT? A: THE IOC REVIEWS THE OLYMPIC PROGRAM AFTER EACH OLYMPIC GAMES (WINTER AND SUMMER) AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO UPDATE STANDARDS FOR THE ADMISSION OR THE DELETION OF SPORTS, DISCIPLINES OR EVENTS. AN IF CAN MAKE PROPOSALS TO THE IOC CONCERNING THE REVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EVENTS IN ITS OWN SPORT, AND RECOMMEND THE ADDITION OR DELETION OF AN EVENT ON THE PROGRAM OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
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The Beijing Olympics got under way in spectacular fashion today with a lavish opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium.The event mixed China's millennia of history and hi-tech present as a modern global powerhouse.The four-hour event, meticulously choreographed by Zhang Yimou, China's most celebrated film director, ended with the final torch bearer, the former Olympic gymnastics champion Li Ning, being hoisted aloft by invisible wires.In the style of one of Zhang's martial arts films, he then "ran" along the rim of the stadium's roof before igniting the vast Olympic cauldron as thousands of fireworks lit up the skyline.But however spellbinding the show, it remained clear that pressure over human rights and other political issues would not disappear as organisers had hoped.A pro-Tibet group said it had unsuccessfully tried to stage a protest at the ceremony, while demonstrators marched on Chinese embassies in several other countries.In front of a crowd of 91,000, among them more than 80 heads of state, the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, launched the event to a huge cheer.Marking the culmination of seven years' work including a comprehensive, and at times controversial, revamping and clean-up of the Beijing, the ceremony kicked off a Games billed as China's coming out party as a major world power.The Olympics, which come with an estimated £20bn bill, have sparked a fervour of patriotic pride among many of China's people. Thousands of Beijingers thronged the city's streets, waving flags and chanting their country's name.At once a glittering, showy extravaganza and a patriotic demonstration of pride in 5,000 years of recorded history, the opening ceremony was timed to start at eight minutes past 8pm on August 8, reflecting the number's status in China as a bearer of good fortune.It took in everything from giant written scrolls and a representation of the Great Wall formed by thousands of performers to spacemen floating from the stadium roof, symbolising one of China's most recent technological achievements.The event then moved on to the parading of the national teams, ordered according to the number of strokes needed to write their names in Chinese characters.The Chinese contingent, cheered wildly amid fervent hopes the country could top the medals table for the first time, was led out by the nation's most celebrated sports star, the 7ft 6in basketball star Yao Ming.The US team chose the Sudan-born 1,500-metre runner Lopez Lomong, who has voiced his opposition to China's support for the regime in Khartoum, which has been condemned internationally for its actions in Darfur.Once the teams had paraded, and with the ceremony running well over its scheduled three and a half hours, the Games were formally declared open by Hu and the Olympic flag hoisted on a giant pole adjoining the Chinese emblem.Finally, the torch was brought into the stadium at the end of an epic – and protest-hit – progress around the world.A final relay of former Chinese Olympic gold medallists saw the flame passed to Li, who won three gold medals, two silver and one bronze at the 1984 LA Olympics.But away from the stadium, protests continued. A pro-Tibet group said three US demonstrators had been detained near the site after planning to hold up Tibetan flags during the ceremony.Other protesters tried to storm Chinese consular offices in Nepal and India, while smaller demonstrations took part in London, Brussels and elsewhere.The US president, George Bush, kept the issue high on the agenda when he called for freedom of expression and religion just hours before joining Hu for the ceremony.The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, another guest at the event, told French TV he had raised the issue at a lunch meeting with Hu and the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao.Games organisers will be hoping for a change in the weather to disperse the smog that has hung over the stadium and the city in recent days, while the issue of drugs is another cloud on the horizon.不知道你要多长，自己缩短一下吧呵呵
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China mens' basketball team versused Spain on August 12. In the fourth part of the game, Spain team equalized with China which originally lead the game at the end of the game.In the addtional time,Spain scored 13 points whereas China only achieved 3 points. the final socre is 75:85 with spain winning China.
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