This is going to be an evolving series of posts where I plan to add frequently, probably daily over the next few weeks as we manage to find more and more images which have either a very creative approach or taking a very different point of view of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Hopefully we can manage to pull together a stunning and rather different gallery of the games with links to the images sources, references, comments and a whole lot more, covering the majority of the disciplines held over the 2 weeks of sporting excellence.
Instead of just putting together simply a gallery of images, I’d like to make it a little more interesting by adding commentary, opinions, thoughts as well as information on the images content. This also includes your opinions...
If you only want to see the posts of images that are going to be part of this thread, just click the ‘2008 Olympics’ category on the right of the page and that will filter everything else out for you.
So, to kick off, here are a handful of images that have particularly caught my eye this morning...
These images can be found amongst literally thousands of others at www.zimbio.com
Silvio Fernandez Briceno of Venezuela competes against Jung Jin Sun of Korea in the men's team epee fencing event at the Fencing Hall on Day 7 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 15, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Wang Lei of China looks down after losing the semifinal of the men's team epee fencing event to Poland at the Fencing Hall on Day 7 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 15, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Francisco Limbardo Gascon of Venezuela competes against Jung Jin Sun of Korea in the men's team epee fencing event at the Fencing Hall on Day 7 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 15, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Damien Gaudin, Matthieu Ladagnous, Christophe Riblon and Nicolas Rousseau of France compete in the Men's Team Pursuit at the track cycling event held at the Laoshan Velodrome during Day 9 of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games on August 17, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images AsiaPac)
This image was rotated from its original perspective.) Grant Hackett of Australia (L) and Ryan Cochrane of Canada (R) gets sets on the starting blocks for the Men's 1500m Freestyle at the National Aquatics Centre during Day 9 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images AsiaPac)
This image was rotated from its original perspective.) Grant Hackett of Australia (L) and Ryan Cochrane of Canada (R) swim in the Men's 1500m Freestyle at the National Aquatics Centre during Day 9 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Bronze medalist Cate Campbell of Australia competes against silver medalist Dara Torres of the United States in the Women's 50m Freestyle final held at the National Aquatics Centre during Day 9 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Ryan Cochrane of Canada (L) and Grant Hackett of Australia (R) compete in the Men's 1500m Freestyle at the National Aquatics Centre during Day 9 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Ryan Bayley of Australia, Arnaud Tournant of France, Maximilian Levy of Germany, Athanasios Mantzouranis of Greece, Ricardo Lynch of Jamaica, Theo Bos of Netherlands and Giddeon Massie of the United States compete in the fourth heat of the men's keirin first round track cycling event at the Laoshan Velodrome on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Kelly Sotherton of Great Britain competes in the Women's Heptathlon Javlin Final at the National Stadium on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts)
Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the line to win the Men's 100m Final at the National Stadium on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China. Bolt finished in a new world record time of 9.69 seconds.
(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images AsiaPac)
(L-R) Brimin Kipruto of Kenya and Taher Mubarek of Bahrain compete in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Heats at the National Stadium on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts)
A UNDERWATER CAMERA WAS USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS IMAGE) Athletes compete in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Heats at the National Stadium on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts)
A UNDERWATER CAMERA WAS USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS IMAGE) Athletes compete in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Heats at the National Stadium on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts)
Hyleas Fountain of the United States competes in the Women's Heptathlon 100m Hurdles Heats at the National Stadium on Day 7 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 15, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts)
Rie Kaneto of Japan, Rebecca Soni of the United States and Mirna Jukic of Austria compete in the Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinal 2 at the National Aquatics Centre during Day 6 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Enrico Pozzo of Italy competes on the high bar in the men's individual all-around artistic gymnastics final at the National Indoor Stadium during Day 6 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts)
Briony Cole and Melissa Wu of Australia compete in the Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final held at the National Aquatics Center during day 4 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 12, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Xiaopeng Li of China is competes in the Horizontal Bar in the men's team final of the artistic gymnastics event held at the National Indoor Stadium during Day 4 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 12, 2008 in Beijing, China.
(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images AsiaPac)
I think that should do for now... More to come if time allows as the final week passes.
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