(BEIJING, January 4) — The organizing committee for three “Good Luck Beijing” sport events to be held at the National Aquatics Center in the first half of 2008 was formed on Friday.
The National Aquatics Center is an important venue for the Beijing Olympic Games, second only to the National Stadium.
To examine its capabilities for the Olympic swimming, diving and synchronized swimming events, which will produce a total of 42 gold medals, the center will hostthe “Good Luck Beijing” Swimming China Open from January 31 to February 5, the 16th FINA Diving World Cup 2008 from February 19 to 24, and …read more

You have to agree, whenever the Olympics comes around — Summer Olympics, that is — the most watched events are the following:

Aquatics [Swimming, Diving]
Athletics
Gymnastics
They also happen to have the most events under each discipline, ergo, more gold medals that’s up for grabs. Honestly, whenever I think about the Olympics, I always picture track athletes. Hmmm.
Also, I feel that they hold a kind of prestige over the other disciplines. I mean, can you name one, apart from the three mentioned, that hollywood made a movie out of? Lame argument, I know, but I reckon it’s a good gauge of its popularity, …read more

In the upcoming Summer Olympics, we can expect the following disciplines:

Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe / kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling