College students that have arranged a trip with friends or family to the 2008 Beijing Olympics can now avail of these college student credit cards for their emergency funding or just maybe another way to avoid carrying too much cash to abroad.

Credit Cards and Olympics

Fall at finish costs U.S. snowboarder gold

BARDONECHHIA, Italy ? First, her credit card. Now, a gold medal.
Lindsey Jacobellis can't seem to keep a grip on the things that matter.

The snowboarder from Vermont, and blond-haired star of a Visa commercial, had the first Olympic gold medal in women's snowboard cross more than in her sights Friday afternoon. She had, in the words of her coach, an "insane" lead, her three rivals so far out of the jumbo-screen picture they could have been in France. Rival coaches had begun congratulating the American coaches.

It's amazing how many credit card commercials you see around Olympic time. The credit card companies sponsor the olympic athlethes and then get tons of publicity at the time of the Olympics.

It's good corporate business to help these athletes especially when they're the nation's darlings, especially if they win a medal.

I would be interested to know how much the credit card companies get involved with the athletes as far as the training goes, or if they just play the role of the "financier"?!

I'm glad that the credit card companies in Canada and abroad sponsor the athletes. I hope they get good value out of it PR wise. I truly hope that the athletes benefit from the whole thing after the olympics are over and done with.

I see Mark Tewksbury Canadian Gold medal Olympian swimmer from the Barcelona olympics, hosting "How's it Made" on the Discovery Channel.