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Three countries made their first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Games in Beijing: Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Montenegro
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no New Zealander has won a gold medal in javelin.
To make it onto the Olympic program, a sport first has to be recognized: it must be administered by an International Federation which ensures that the sport's activities follow the Olympic Charter. If it is widely practiced around the world and meets a number of criteria established by the IOC session, a recognized sport may be added to the Olympic program on the recommendation of the IOC's Olympic Program Commission.
It is not a normal sport it is like a challangeBecause they wanted a new sport.
0.Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, New Zealand rower Mahe Drysdale has won one Olympic medal, a bronze in men's single sculls at the 2008 Games in Beijing. He has participated in one other Olympic event, men's coxless fours at the 2004 Games in Athens, and finished 5th.
The Beijing National Stadium cost over 2 million Yuan. It was built for the 2008 Olympic games but is now at tourist attraction and sport center.
Snowboard Cross
1 new sport and that is softball . yeah man
The newest winter olympic sport is called snowboard cross(snowboard X). It was first considered an olympic event in Torino, 2006.
2:06:32 by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya, a new Olympic record.
Bmx is a new sport for the 2008 Olympics