According to my google research there are currently still only a small number of proper weblogs for the Games - but the numbers are bound to grow, and maybe come the media background story of the Games.
As the inventor of the medium Dave Winer writes, people are getting tired of the misquotes and soundbites in traditional media - better to follow the motto 'if you don't like the news you get, make some of your own'.
Out there so far is a rather dreary Aussie Olympic weblog and some volunteer sites. The best I've seen so far is by Stuart Hughs, a BBC insider with a fascinating story to tell.
Unfortunately, this site doesn't allow an easy way to make comments and uses the Atom version of RSS - but is good with audio and video. My favourite headline is " BAD OLYMPIC JOKE OF THE DAY - Irish distance runner caught doing craic".
A sports phoographer is claimed to have a blog - the first post but no linked webpage is here
US 20km Phil Dunn has a site including photos from the Athens race course.
Kjersti Platzer, Robert Korzeniowski and Jefferson Perez and other walkers have web journals, though not really weblogs.
There have been rumours of a crack down on athletes posting to the web from the village - but within certain limits, and technology willing, there should be no problem posting updates to here from Athens.
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