Google’s main Olympics site
China homepage is more colorful than the standalone page). There are stories collected via Google News as well.
YouTube’s special Olympics channel
press release explains.The Olympics doodle links to a search for the words Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Shown in the logo are the Beijing mascots Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini, who together spell “Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni” – “welcome to Beijing”. They carry the Olympic flag, which contains rings representing the world’s continents.
Talking about mascots, the two avatars above are not for the Olympics... they’re 
Upcoming contests onebox
previously mentioned, another onebox in results pop up when entering queries like + The available sports are...Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak Flatwater, Canoe/Kayak Slalom, Cycling BMX, Cycling Mountain Bike, Cycling Road, Cycling Track, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics Artistic, Gymnastics Rhythmic, Trampoline, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.
Google China SMS alerts
page where you can subscribe to SMS alerts in a variety of sports categories.SketchUp 3D models
The Google 3D Warehouse, which features models for SketchUp and Google Earth, has a A YouTube video takes you through the 3D-scenery (corny music alert level raised to orange).
LaiBa Olympics page
special page for the Olympics. Social boards like LaiBa are sometimes in contact with the Chinese authorities to receive orders what can and cannot be discussed. For instance (according to a source who likes to remain anonymous and with help of auto-translation), in 2004 one University’s discussion board received instructions which included that “criticizing Taiwan independence” was OK but that no one should “incite group activities.” Google does not tell the press how such communications take place specifically.iGoogle gadget
summer games gadget that’s supposed to show competition results as they come in. (The iGoogle.com gadget search when I tried it here did not return any results for either olympic, olympics or beijing, which felt broken. The iGoogle gadget Sports category turned up completely empty.) There is no specific air pollution gadget available specifically for Beijing but photos in China showing not exactly “blue sky days,” as she says (any expert out there who knows how much is fog, if any, and how much is smog?).Mobile page
Olympics mobile page offers results for the different sports. Google’s mobile page shows the special Olympics doodle, too (albeit it’s not optimized for that size).iGoogle China
iGoogle homepage for China shows a special theme and an Olympics gadget.Suggest a Correction
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