Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
begins tomorrow at 8.08pm (Beijing time GMT +8),
8th of August (8th month) 2008.
- Beijing Games of the XXIX Olympiad - [Image: Wikipedia]
This blog courtesy of my co-authored blog, Malaysia City (http://www.malaysiacity.wordpress.com/).
In association with BeijingUpdates.com (http://www.beijingupdates.com/).
Special thanks to SSC World & China Forums and forumers ; China Daily Online Public Gallery ; SportsPhoto China ; Soho.cn ; The Beijing Organizing Committee official website ; Olympic Committee of China website ; Xinhua Online (Xinhuanet) ; South China Morning Post ; others.
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- Welcome to Beijing Theme Song for the 2008 Olympics -
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...Fun Stuffs...
- Games card -
- Clothes rack at Olympic Village -
- Mischievous mascots -
- Olympic poster and money -
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...Girls cheerleading...
- Caught at training -
- More than 200 teams of cheerleading -
- Chinese cheerleaders for beach volleyball -
- Chinese cheerleaders for basketball -
- Beijing cheerleaders -
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...Beijing in Pictures...
- Beijing International Terminal III, the world's largest and larger than London's Heathrow Airport five terminals combined -
- Tian'anmen Square -
- Guards -
- Old charm -
- Olympic venues -
- Side view of International Broadcast Center, Beijing -
- Green Olympic Village -
- Beijing Green Olympic Park -
- Rehearsal -
- Fireworks rehearsal -
- Beijing CBD and CCTV Tower -
- Beijing National Grand Theatre -
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...Some Olympic Venues...
Beijing National Stadium "The Bird's Nest" - athletics, soccer
Capacity : 91,000
Beijing National Aquatics Center "The Water Cube" - swimming, diving, synchronized swimming
Capacity : 17,000
Beijing National Indoor Stadium - artistic gymnastics, trampoline, handball
Capacity : 19,000
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium - badminton, rhythmic gymnastics
Capacity: 7,500
Beijing Laoshan Velodrome - cycling
Capacity : 6,000
Beijing Wukeseong Olympic Gymnasium - basketball
Capacity : 18,000
China Agricultural University Gymnasium - wrestling
Capacity : 8,200
Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Court - tennis
Total capacity : 17,400
Olympic Sports Center Stadium and Yingdong Natatorium - modern pentathlon, water polo
Olympic Sports Center Stadium - modern pentathlon
Capacity : 40,000
Beijing Greens Shooting Range - shooting
Beijing Chaoyang Workers' Stadium - soccer (one of the 3 venues in Beijing, besides other cities)
Capacity : 70,200
Peking University Gymnasium - table tennis
Capacity : 8,000
Capital Indoor Stadium - volleyball
Capacity : 18,000
Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium - volleyball
Capacity : 5,000
Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium - weightlifting
Capacity : 6,000
Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium - judo, taekwondo
Capacity : 8,000
Beijing Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park - rowing, canoe/kayak/slalom, aquatic marathon
Beijing Chaoyang Park - beach volleyball
Tianjin Olympic Stadium - soccer
Capacity : 60,000
Shenyang Olympic Stadium - soccer
Capacity : 60,000
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Co-host Cities : (soccer) - Tianjin ; Shenyang ; Shanghai ; Qinhuangdao ; (sailing) - Qingdao ; (equestrian) - Hong Kong
Total Estimated Costs for the Games = US$40+ billion
Sources say the opening ceremony tomorrow will be the most spectacular ever seen in the history of the Olympics.
Things to anticipate [keywords]: light, fire, flying, floating, whale, globe, medieval, thousands of performers etc
About 80 state leaders and royalties are expected to attend the ceremony including US President, French President, Japan's Prime Minister, Russian Prime Minister, Australia's Prime Minister and Malaysia's King and Queen. British Prime Minister will attend the closing ceremony. 202 teams will be participating in this Olympics.
For more Olympic photos, visit: http://malaysiacity.wordpress.com/tag/beijing/.
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