A comprehensive portrait of the Summer Olympics fully updated for the 2008 games in Beijing, China. This new edition includes a complete retrospective of the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, and incorporates updates to all charts and records, as well as fun facts and anecdotes from the most recent Olympics and training.

Chronicles the history of the Olympic Games, exploring the origin and evolution of sports in the Summer, Winter, and Paralympic games. Profiles famous athletes. Include photographs, maps, sidebars, a glossary, and additional resources.

"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic snowboarding. Includes descriptions of each of the men's and women's slopestyle, halfpipe, snowboard cross, and parallel slalom events, along with the new big air event. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the 2018 PeyongChang, South Korea Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--From...

Presents biographies of six athletes who became Olympic champions through determination, courage, and hard work.

An introduction to a variety of swimming and diving sports in the summer Olympics, including lap races, open water races, diving, and synchronized swimming. Also explains rules, records, and famous Olympic athletes in each sport.

Throughout the rich and glorious history of the Summer Olympics, there have been many fascinating, unusual, and downright quirky moments that have taken place before, during, and after events. In Fascinating Facts, part of the four-title The Summer Olympics: On the World Stage series, we dive into the heroic and horrific, as well as the outrageous and obscure, providing eye-opening accounts of some of the both amazing and incredibly wacky moments...

"Celebrate the Winter Games with this . . . introduction to curling, the team sport known for its rocks and brooms. Also included is a biographical story about curler Anna Hasselborg"--Provided by publisher.

"Celebrate the Winter Games with this . . . introduction to ice hockey, the sport known for its pucks and sticks. Also included is a historical story about Women's Team USA"--Publisher.

Explores the summer Olympic sports of swimming and diving from various competitions in the sports and how judges score them to the qualifying rounds leading up to the semi-finals. Includes a glossary and resources for further information.