With the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games beginning on 8 August, we look at some of the high and low moments of the modern Olympic Games.

Make sure you watch the last video (on page 2), where Derek Redmond embodies the true spirit of the Olympic Games.

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Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, embarrassing Hilter's theory of racial superiority.


Tommie Smith and John Carlos lift their fists in the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.


Terrorists take Israeli athletes hostage and later kills them during the 1972 Munich Olympics.


Nadia Comaneci scores a perfect ten in a gymnastics routine at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the first time it was ever achieved in modern Olympic history.

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