After 7 years of preparations, the Summer Olympic Games were held in China for the first time.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

In nineteen twenty-four, he and his team members competed in rowing at the Olympic Games in Paris,France.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

The United States had won twenty-five medals at the last Olympic Winter Games in Turin,Italy.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

The superstar won a Gold Medal as a member of the United States Men's basketball team in the two thousand eight summer Olympic Games in China.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

Hannah Teter won her second Olympic medal in the halfpipe event at these games.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

Today we tell about the Winter Olympic Games that open February twelfth in Vancouver,Canada.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

In nine Olympic Games since ice dancing debuted in 1976, but two golds have gone to Russian, Soviet or Russian-based teams.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"I went to Australia for the Olympic Games in 2000 and the best part of that was the volunteers.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Other officials point to the several alarms sounded about preparations before the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece, which were staged successfully.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Spectators at the Vancouver Games may see Weibrecht add one more gesture holding an Olympic medal in the air.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

He campaigned to bring the Olympic Games to Madrid in 2012 and 2016 - but both times the Spanish capital lost its bid.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Jerri Roush says the size of this USA House is smaller than the one they had in Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

Professor Neirotti told VOA she meets with the students well in advance and warns them that the Olympic trips are not about fun and games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"So it's a stone person standing on a hill and that is the official symbol of these Olympic Games in Vancouver and up in Whistler.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Voting for the site of the 2020 Olympic Games takes place in 2013.

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

After going to four Olympic games with no medal,Lodwick,33, now a father of two, left the sport in 2006 to sell real estate in his hometown of Steamboat Springs Colorado.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Neirotti is a professor for Sports Management at the George Washington University, and 28 students from the Business School are with her in Vancouver studying the management and marketing of the Olympic Games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

four-man bobsled driver. "I'm just elated." "And I can't tell you how proud I am of Holcomb and the gang and for Steve to pull it together and hold it together in just his second Olympic Games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

Similar to how 2008 Beijing Olympic Games put the Chinese capital in the international spotlight, Shanghai's hosting of the World Expo has given the city of 20 some million people and China a chance to showcase its emergence as a global economic power.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

(OMITTED) "He felt that the more countries that we can get involved participating in the Olympic games helped to meet the mission of the Olympics, which is to bring people together from all parts of the world to improve relations and to make the world a healthier place."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21