Lebanon: The Beijing Olympics

Posted 19 August 2008 22:42 GMT

Countries	Lebanon
Topics	History, Sport
Languages	English
Special	Olympics

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

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· Libanona : Ny lalao olympika ao Beijing

Lebanon presence in the Beijing Olympics might be in small numbers, but it is interesting to note that the Lebanese athletes were only absent once since 1948. Ajnabiya gives us a refreshing overview on the Lebanon's participation in this year's event in her latest post.

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