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Barbados: Let the Games Begin

Friday, August 8th, 2008 @ 12:31 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica
Topics:: Internet & Telecoms, Sport, Technology
Languages:: English
Special:: Olympics

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This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

“Barbados had its flag raising ceremony on Wednesday…no mention of it was placed on the Barbados Olympic Association’s website. Why? Difficulties getting info from out of China. Yet I found links on the web on Jamaica and Cuba’s flag raising ceremonies”: Bajan Global Report thinks that “there is no reason in this mighty age of internet technology that a platform couldn’t have been created to allow athletes to blog on their experiences…”

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