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.

With its outstanding score on Beijing medal's table, the United Kingdom has shown it is ready for the 2012 London Games. The GB team has harvested one of its best crops since 1908 with some 47 medals, including 19 gold ones. They were hoping to improve on their performance in Athens and land the 8th position on the final score board but and in the end they shot up to 4th. 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...

"Olympic athletes are our country's ambassadors", said Gianni Petrucci, president of the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni). "It would be normal they receive a special attention," he concluded. Petrucci was pointing to the taxes medal winners have to pay; a levy he wishes to lift. Read more...

The supposedly burning issue of human rights hasn't caused much of a stir in Beijing during the Olympic Games. Yet, on the eve of Games' close, a single athlete expressed his support for Tibet. Poland's weightlifter Szymon Kolecki shaved his head. Read more.

The success of Rachid Ramzi, Moroccan by birth but Bahraini by adoption, has provoked lively controversy between bloggers on who should claim responsibility for his victory. So which country gets the titles? Read more

France's Anne-Caroline Chausson and Laetitia Le Corguillé clinched the gold and silver medals in BMX, which made its debut in Beijing. For the staff it's an immense satisfaction - especially for Fabrice Vettoretti, France's BMX coach. Read more

With a potential of 1.5 billion viewers, Chinese broadcast companies won the gold medal in TV audience. Although the national television CCTV has the monopoly, the Games remain a good opportuity for local stations too. Read more

Jamaica sprinter Usain Bolt has shattered the previous 100m and 200m records in a way never seen before. Michael Phelps now boasts twelve gold medals. Their feats are extraordinary. But are they humanly possible? Read more

No less than 300,000 official volunteers are in Beijing to help tourists find their way in the capital city. And that's not counting the ones who were not selected but want to show the world that China is ready to welcome them. 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

For most inhabitants of Beijing, the long-awaited Olympics are a unique opportunity for rejoicing and pride. Yet for the city's numerous illegal workers, the Games are tantamount to a threat of expulsion. Read more...

Yet again, a number of “lefties” – or left-handed people - have taken the top spots in fencing. What makes the lefties win? Read more

US photoblogger Kevin German took pictures of a gymnasium in Beijing just before the start of a weightlifting contest. He noticed that most seats were empty... until the arrival of professional supporters. Read more...

The Shanghai stock exchange has been in freefall since the opening ceremony of the Olympics. The composite Index has fallen as much as 11% since August 8, and is now at its lowest level in 20 months. Read more.