Beijing Olympic Games: Days 15 and 16

We’ve got more of everybody’s favourite and newest Olympic sport, BMX, plus mountain bike, kayaking, the 50km walk, diving, pentathlon and the sport with the 'that's so cool' factor - the pole vault!

This year, the sport of BMX makes it official Olympic debut, and Australia is represented by its very own crew of BMX bandits. Here’s an idea of what we’re in for ...

Aussie swimmers have done a tremendous job in the pool at the Beijing Olympic Games, bringing home a total of 20 medals. Head Coach Alan Thompson talks about how they did it and the future of Australian swimming.

17,000 athletes in 9,000 rooms across 42 buildings plus a post office – we check out life inside the Olympic Village.

Along with her Olympic gold medal, Australia’s new swimming superstar Stephanie Rice pocketed a tidy sum of money thanks to the Medal Incentive Scheme.

At 142 cm and weighing 37kg, this pocket rocket is the new darling of the word’s diving scene after winning a silver medal in the synchronised 10m platform event.

As he adds a Beijing Olympics 1500m Silver Medal to his trophy cabinet, Grant Hackett’s name is being written down in the history books. But how exactly will he be remembered?

Our Beijing Olympic yachties may not be household names, but did you know they’re likely to be hot contributors to Australia’s medal tally? Definitely worth watching.

Whether it’s a mangled metaphor or something lost in translation – there’s plenty of interesting stuff coming from the mouths of the athletes this Olympics.

If you're not from China, winning a medal in table tennis at the Beijing Olympics was never going to be easy… so why not recruit some ex-locals?

So is the couch or the local pub really the best way to experience the Beijing Olympics? Is the coverage inside Beijing slightly biased? Does Beijing hold a candle to Sydney? We hear it straight from the Olympic fans from the streets of Beijing…

Are the fans beginning to show Olympic fatigue and exhaustion? Not if you’re in Beijing, it seems…and especially not if you’re from Jamaica!

It’s one thing to watch the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on TV (even if it’s one on of those plasmas the size of a drive-in screen), but completely another thing to actually be in Beijing. We asked Games-goers what it’s like to be smack bang in the heart of the action …

We’re down to the wire here in Beijing, but that doesn’t mean those Olympic fans are showing any signs of fatigue…

It comes as no surprise that the IOC likes to think of themselves as a superhero organisation spreading goodness throughout the world and changing it for the better ...

'Nightlife' might be a relatively new thing to Beijing, but it's caught on quickly with hundreds of bars and more than a dozen themed mega clubs making the Olympic Games host city a powerful place to party.

While the Aussie’s scored a bronze medal at this year’s Olympics, there’s no chance they can better it in 2012 – because softball’s been dropped from the program. Will it get in for 2016? Well, it’s got some stiff competition …

In China, it seems, The Beijing Olympic Games has a bit of competition when it comes to what to watch on TV. Want to know what’s hot?

If there’s one thing the organisers of London 2012 know, it’s to bring out the Big Gun for the handover at the Olympic Closing Ceremony…And guess who that it?

The sporting rivalry between Australia and The Mother Country hasn’t gone our way at the Beijing Olympics – and according to the British Olympic Association’s Simon Clegg, there’s more to come.

Host nation China has invited the world to its Beijing Olympic Games, but does it care that the world actually came?

Here’s everything you ever needed to know about Beijing’s Olympic medals of all colours, plus, guess who fronted up the raw materials for the booty?

It's no surprise that big countries with lots of athletes are sitting atop the Beijing Olympic Games medal tally, but it’s the countries taking home only one medal that bring tears to eyes. Like Togo …

With the Beijing Games nearly over, an updated copy of the Olympic Games Knowledge Management handbook will be handed over to London - along with 'bigger and better' expectations. Can they do it?

Who’s on top and who’s not? Check out our up-to-the moment Olympic Medal tally!

After angry viewers let Seven know what they think of their Olympics telecast, there has been movement behind the scenes.

On 08.08.08, 3.3 million viewers tuned into Channel Seven's coverage of Beijing's Olympic Opening Ceremony, which was troubled with audio problems ... and Sonia Kruger's commentary.