Numerous records, a golden medal for the French swimmer Alain Bernard in 100 m, Michael Phelps who breaks Mickael Spitz's seven records, Usain Bolt who wins the 100 m, The golden medal for the Young Experts, ... But also Laure Manaudou's defeat and Liu Xiang's withdrawal....
During the Olympic Games, about thirty people react and analyze the
main events, with their testimony and their comments. To clore this
website, diversed and coloured, here are the impressions of some of
them about this edition 2008 and their best memories. Read more.
In the end, it was to be gold. They did not deserve any less. The French handball team made sports history by climbing onto the highest reach of the podium, after clinching bronze in 1992. France ends the Games in the best manner by winning its 40st medal. Read more...
Without a doubt, the old generation who called themselves the "crazies" marked the history of French handball forever. They were the first-ever French handball team to win an Olympic medal in Barcelona. In Beijing, there will be a new generation who call themselves the 'experts'. They are a talented group with exceptional character, eager to honour their role models, but also ready to surpass their achievements. Read more
From August 8th to 24th, the world's finest athletes will enter the Beijing arena for the Games of the XXIXth Olympiad. To follow this historic event, twenty-nine FRANCE 24 Observers from 10 different countries will bring you highlights from the Beijing Games, through their commentaries, pictures and videos. Read more...