Garrett Weber-Gale, (left) and Michael Phelps celebrate their Gold medal win in the 4 x 100 relays that edged out France by .08 of a second, during the first week of events at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
A family sits outside their home in a poor neighborhood covered by an Olympic propaganda wall in Beijing. Hundreds of walls were erected to cover slums and construction zones.
BEIJING - AUGUST 22: The Russian Women's Relay team celebrate after their victory in the Women's 4 x 100m Relay Final at the National Stadium on Day 14 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty…
(Beijing, China - Saturday, August 16, 2008) US swimmer Michael Phelps exhults after winning the Men's 100m Butterfly by a split second over Serbian swimmer Milorad Cavic at Beijing's National Aquatics Center.
2008 OLYMPIC GAMES - 081308 - Members of the USA gymnastics team watch as gold medal winners China take to the podium during the medal ceremony at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. USA took silver and Romania the bronze amid questions of the…
US wrestler Henry Cejudo of Colorado Springs celebrates his defeat of Japan's Tomohiro Matsunaga for the Gold Medal Tuesday, August 19, 2008, in 55kg competition at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
BEIJING - AUGUST 10: Afredo Rota of Italy (L) fights with Gabor Boczko of Hungary in the fencing event held at the Fencing Hall during day 2 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 10, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty…
BEIJING - AUGUST 19: Sangguen Jeon of Korea falls over during the Men's 105 kg group weightlifting event at the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium on Day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19, 2008 in Beijing,…
Lisa Leslie of the United States, left, battled Russia's Irina Osipova, right, with an elbow to the mouth for a rebound in the second half in the women's basketball semifinal contest on August 21, 2008 during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing,…
USA Olympic Gymnast Shawn Johnson keeps her eyes glued to the bar while spinning through her routine on the uneven bars during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.