Discovery Channel's "Ultimate Olympics" (2007) on TV5.

TV5 Philippines: The Olympic Network presents: Discovery Channel's "Ultimate Olympics" is set to air Ultimate Olympics, a one-hour, four-part series just in time for the two-year countdown for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games.

The series will be aired every Sunday at 9 pm.

Ultimate Olympics aims to take a look at the "innovation, endeavor and commitment" that China and her athletes are pouring into hosting and participating in the sporting event.

Two episodes to be aired on exact dates, September 21 and 28, October 4 and 12 at 11PM:

About the Show

Ultimate Olympics is a documentary series produced for The Discovery Channel which chronicles Beijing's transformation into the ultimate Olympic city ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in that city.

The series re-aired in the Philippines on TV5. There are three hour-long episodes in the series.

Synopsis

The spirit of competition and the mounting excitement surrounding the 2008 Olympic Games is galvanizing everyone involved in elite sport the world over, and electrifying the host city of Beijing.

As the world watches and all of China mobilises for Beijing 2008, Discovery Channel investigates what goes on behind the scenes and exactly how the nation of more than one billion people is gearing up for the 2008 Olympics, in Ultimate Olympics.

Across three episodes, the series chronicles Beijing’s transformation into the ultimate Olympic city.

Beijing’s mission is to set the stage for an Olympics that would be hi-tech, green and distinctively Chinese. This is China’s chance to seize the world stage. With the country in the world’s spotlight, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Can the people of Beijing clinch this “gold”?

As Beijing prepares itself for the 2008 Olympic Games, take a look behind the scenes to discover what it takes to create a setting worthy of such an historic event.

• ULTIMATE OLYMPICS: Go Beijing
• ULTIMATE OLYMPICS: Hi-Tech Games

Overview: Beijing set itself the challenge of becoming the ultimate Olympic city: hi-tech, green and distinctively Chinese.  Will the people of Beijing manage their dreams?

• ULTIMATE OLYMPICS: Rivals (aired July 21, 2008)
• ULTIMATE OLYMPICS: The Final Countdown (aired July 21, 2008)

This two-hour special builds on and ends the Ultimate Olympics series, picking up on some characters to update their stories as the Games come to an end.

Included in the focus of the show: the specially chosen volunteers who carry the Olympic medals to the podium, the designers and engineers who built Beijing's newest icons, namely the new China's National Stadium and the National Aquatics Centre, the Watercube.

Awards:

• 2008 Asian Television Awards - Best Editing: Ultimate Olympics - Go Beijing (Discovery Asia Inc.)

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