Beijing, China - Preview stories covering the Athletics events of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008, which take place in and around the Chinese capital’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium from Friday 15 to Sunday 24 August 2008, are now available on the IAAF Website.

Click on the following link to go to - Event Previews and Reports 

The publication of the complete set of Event Previews commences our editorial writing team’s dedicated coverage from Beijing, China, which during the next fortnight will include:

>> Event Previews

>> LIVE Event Reports

>> LIVE Competition Blog

>> Daily Preview

>> Daily Review

>> Athletes Biographies

>> News Stories

>> Athlete Feature Stories

All the above information can be accessed by clicking on the following link to access our special  - Beijing 2008 website

And for the ten days of the competition itself, our Beijing home page will become the default home page of the IAAF website.

By clicking on the following link you will of course still be able to access the main  - IAAF Home Page 

>> Focus on Athletes

Enhance your understanding and appreciation of the backgrounds, careers and general lives of many of the world’s greatest athletes from outside Western Europe and North America.

Feature biographies about many of the world’s most successful but at the same time least known athletes are always available by clicking on the following link to go to our dedicated - Focus on Athletes - section, an information resource which has been extensively enlarged ahead of Beijing 2008.

We hope you will enjoy our written editorial coverage of Beijing 2008.

Chris Turner
IAAF Editorial Senior Manager