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DartfishTV - a new video streaming/storage platform was utilized daily at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. This is a Q&A with Kristin Collins, the High Performance Technician for Canadian Olympics in Beijing 2008 and with Own the Podium 2010.

Give Team GB's mascot a name and win an all-expenses trip to the Beijing Olympics.

Find out the latest syndicated news from The Beijing Olympics. Follow the US, Australian and British Team news, and get general news as it unfolds in the build up and the Games themselves.

Multinationals and Chinese corporations have paid a total of $850 million to be official 'sponsors of the Beijing and Turin Olympic Games. One of the primary aims is to gain a foothold among China's huge middle class. But research by the China Marketing Research Group, suggests that on the measures of brand awareness, brand loyalty and sales, Olympic sponsorship may not be justified.

What an incredible story. Dara Torres (41) has made her 5th Olympics after winning the 100m freestyle at the US Olympic Trials, becoming oldest female to compete in Olympic swimming, 8 years after being the oldest member of the US team in Sydney!

A Chinese swimmer has tested positive for steroids. Is this evidence of real anti-doping efforts by the Chinese authorities or should we be skeptical?

Michael Phelps is widely expected to try and equal or better Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals (all of which he also broke a world record in). If Phelps can win 7 golds in Beijng it would represent a greater achievement than that of Spitz - even if he doesn't get the world records to match...