Thursday 10th December 2009
Relive Classic Olympic moments on ESPN during the festive season
10 December, 2009: Celebrate the festive season with ESPN STAR Sports, as Asia's biggest sports content provider looks to showcase a bagful of classic Olympic Games moments with its line-up of top class programming from the archives of the Olympic Films.
ESPN STAR Sports will showcase timeless stories of inspiration from over 30,000 hours of archives with official footages from 12 Winter and Summer Olympic Games spanning over the last two decades. Sports fans can get into the festive mood with 'Stories of Olympic Glory' from the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 2002 on Christmas Eve, followed by the Torino 2006 Winter Games and the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics on the big day of celebrations.
Scheduled primarily on Thursdays to Sundays every week, viewers can catch glittering moments from the iconic multi-sport competition, such as America's Michael Johnson's double gold in the 200m and 400m sprints at Barcelona 1992, as well as one of the most illustrious collections of talent assembled in the history of international basketball in the "Dream Team".
Sports fans can also relive Carl Lewis record-setting moment when he secured his ninth title in the long jump in Atlanta 1996, catch Steffi Graf's 'Golden Slam' glory in Seoul 1998 when she added an Olympic gold to her calendar Grand Slam as well as witness the beginning of Michael Phelps' dominance when he swept six gold medals at the 2004 Athens Summer Games.
The following Olympic programming will be aired on ESPN. Please visit www.espnstar.com for programme highlights and broadcast details:
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Day |
Date |
Time |
Title |
Repeat |
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FRI |
11/12/2009 |
11.30pm |
Barcelona 1992 : Marathon |
SUN |
13/12/2009 |
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THU |
21/1/2010 |
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SUN |
24/1/2010 |
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FRI |
18/12/2009 |
11.30pm |
Atlanta 1996 : Atlanta's Olympic Glory |
SUN |
20/12/2009 |
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THU |
24/12/2009 |
11.30pm |
Salt Lake City 2002 : Stories Of Olympic Glory |
SAT |
26/12/2009 |
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FRI |
25/12/2009 |
4.00pm |
Torino 2006 : Stories Of Olympic Glory |
SAT |
2/1/2010 |
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FRI |
25/12/2009 |
11.30pm |
Sydney 2000 : Stories Of Olympic Glory |
SUN |
27/12/2009 |
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FRI |
1/1/2010 |
11.30pm |
Athens 2004 : Stories Of Olympic Glory |
SUN |
3/1/2010 |
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THU |
7/1/2010 |
11.30pm |
Seoul 1988 : Official Documentary |
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FRI |
8/1/2010 |
11.30pm |
Seoul 1988 : Beyond All Barriers |
SUN |
10/1/2010 |
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THU |
14/1/2010 |
11.30pm |
Seoul 1988 : The World To Seoul |
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FRI |
15/1/2010 |
11.30pm |
Albertville 1992 : One Light, One World |
SUN |
17/1/2010 |
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FRI |
22/1/2010 |
11.30pm |
Lillehammer 1994 : 16 Days Of Glory |
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SUN |
31/1/2010 |
5.25pm |
Nagano 1998 : Stories Of Honor And Glory |
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Counting down to the Winter Games, ESPN STAR Sports, IOC's exclusive pay TV broadcast partner in Asia for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games across 22 countries, will showcase more than 120 hours of LIVE coverage in February 2010 when than 5,500 athletes and officials from more than 80 countries compete in seven sports and 86 medal events in Vancouver, Canada.
