Amazing 8's: Celebrating Beijing one year later
Amazing competition stories:
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Fencing makes history on Day One
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Click here to view photo gallery On Aug. 9, 2008, the United States swept all three medals in the women's individual sabre fencing competition on the first day of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
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Click here to view photo gallery Beach volleyball's dynamic duo of Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won back-to-back Olympic gold medals after dominating the field at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. |
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The body-breaking journey Brian Clay
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Click here to view photo gallery On Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, Clay became Olympic champion. His 240-point margin of victory was still the largest in the Olympic Games since the Munich 1972 Games. |
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Anna Tunnicliffe: Floating to victory
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Click here to view photo gallery The life-changing moment did not become real until Anna Tunnicliffe was alone back in her hotel room. She experienced a very emotional medal ceremony and news conference after winning gold in Beijing. |
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Men's basketball: Back in fashion
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Click here to view photo gallery After dominating the Olympic basketball world in the 1990s, a disappointing finish at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games left the U.S. men's basketball team with a chip on its shoulder. |
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Poise, grace and American pride
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Click here to view photo gallery. Gymnastics is always one of the most popular sports in an Olympic year, but 2008 was special. Team USA came away with more medals than ever at an Olympic Games held outside of the U.S. |
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Michael Phelps: Golden memories
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What Michael Phelps did during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing is unlikely to ever fade. Looking back a year later, Phelps's peers recall it as a perfect performance. |
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Amazing cultural moments
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Beijing opens doors to athlete dreams
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The chant of almost 600 athletes, coaches and staff brought me instantly through a world of emotion. With an almost Hollywood-like effect, a decade of sport flashed through my head. --Michael Blatchford |
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Olympic debut: A shot at greatness
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Sean McLelland reminisces about his time in Beijing - from the card games he played with fellow athletes to the life he lived in the Village and about his return to the United States. |
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Bonding with brothers in Beijing
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Members of the USA Women's Basketball team were nowhere to be found in the athlete village during the Olympic Games last summer in Beijing. |
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Cheryl Haworth: A new perspective
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Although Haworth suffered injuries prior to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, she qualified to compete for Team USA. She was hoping for a decent performance. What she got, however, was something else. |
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Men's volleyball overcomes tragedy to win gold
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Click here to view photo gallery Members of the indoor men's volleyball team recall the tumult of the Games and the road to becoming the best in the world. |
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Will Brady: Watching from Singapore |
While his teammates were stressing out about family, travel plans and the biggest competition of their lives, Will Brady was taking a safari in Singapore. |
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Judo athlete Ryan Reser, 29, saw the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as one of his last chances to become an Olympian. |
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Softball: Final Olympic moments
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American softball player Natasha Watley and teammates recall the feeling of playing not just for a medal, but to save Olympic softball. |
