Sports in Olympic 2008 await you, like that of every year’s, with its endless resources, highest level of competition and expertise. The Olympic Game is considered to be the most appreciated platform to perform and earn admiration not only from the individual or microcosmic perspective but also from national or macrocosmic angle of looking at things. The sports in Olympic, 2008 are perhaps going to be more memorable and attractive in comparison with its ancestors, because Beijing as well as China is giving cent percent to establish them worthy for the rare prestige which has been provided to them. Here we are trying to give you the best information available in a very composite and comprehensive form.
The 2008 Summer Olympics or the Games of the XXIX Olympiad will be celebrated from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008. The opening ceremony of this grand event will commence at 08:08:08 pm at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Some events, including football, sailing and one new addition, the 10 km marathon swimming events will be held in other cities of China. With the equestrian events being held in Hong Kong, this marks the second time the same edition of the Olympic Games has been hosted by two National Olympic Committees or NOCs.
After an exhaustive ballot of the International Olympic Committee or IOC on July 13, 2001, the Olympic Games 2008 were awarded to Beijing. The official logo of this Olympic Game, displays the Dancing Beijing. It features a stylized calligraphic character jing which is to referencing the host city. The official mascots of Beijing 2008 are the five Fuwa, each representing one color of the Olympic rings. The Olympic slogan, One World, One Dream, calls upon the world to unite in the Olympic spirit. In the upcoming Olympic, the athletes will compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than was scheduled at the Athens Olympic, 2004.
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