The 2008 Olympic Games start today in Beijing. The games will last till August 24, 2008. It's going to be an exciting few weeks from now till the end of the games. There are going to be some amazing clashes…FedEx vs. Rafa, US basket ball team vs. Chinese BB team, Mark Phelps going for 8 gold medals (will be a record if that happens), Brazil vs. rest of the world in soccer, I could go on. From an India perspective games to lookout for would be shooting, tennis and badminton.
India has sent a 57-member contingent and its support staff of 42! Gone are the days however of the Indian hockey team dominating the Olympics. In fact, if you leave out the exploits of the Indian hockey team, India has done miserably at best in the Olympic Games. We have managed to win all of 1 silver and 3 bronze medal's since 1928! The Hockey team has won us 8 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals since 1928.
There are 302 medals each (gold, silver and bronze) to be won at the 2008 Olympics. Let's hope we do better than our current strike rate!
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