An editorial in Uganda's Sunday Monitor by Mark Ssali lists many of the Olympic performances he feels are the pinnacle of human achievement.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/Msal/Best_five_performers_of_2008_77129.shtml
London's Daily Telegraph says the Olympics helped make 2008 China's year.
Australian news portal Livenews.com.au says Australian broadcaster Channel 7's coverage of the Olympics was one of the highlights of the year in Aussie TV.
The Financial Times says the Olympics were one of the few moments of light in a dreary year.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation says the Olympics dominated the year in sport.
Agence French Presse says Usain Bolt's performance in Beijing gave athletics a boost.
Prensa Latina news agency surveyed news outlets to determine the best Latin American athletes and team of 2008; Olympians took top honors in all categories. Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell won the individual awards and the Argentinean men's football team took the team award.
An editorial in the U.S. paper The Detroit Free Press says French sports daily l'Equipe's decision to give Usain Bolt its athlete of the year award over Michael Phelps is because of anti-American bias.
In Colorado Springs, Meri-Jo Borzilleri gives her top five Olympic moments.
Steve Schy writes on Voice of America's website that 2008 was a "banner year" in sports, largely due to feats in Beijing.
Architecture critic for the New Yorker, Paul Goldberger says the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium was one of the best buildings of 2008.
Search engine Yahoo lists the most popular searches for Olympians in 2008. Michael Phelps was the most popular.
A Reuters report says the Beijing Olympics were a success.
Not all opinions of the Olympics were positive. Writing in South Africa's Mail & Guardian, Lucky Sindane says the Olympics were the lowest point in 2008 for South African sport. Dorene Namanya asks Santa, in Uganda's Sunday Monitor, to make Uganda’s sportsmen better, after the country's similarly poor performance in Beijing.
The Helsinki Times describes how the Sochi Olympics could affect the Abkhazia region of Georgia.
Chris Galakoutis writes for HellenicAthletes.com that the world economy may force the IOC to reconsider its belief in the value of the rights to broadcast the Olympics.
Compiled by Ed Hula III.
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