Thursday, March 6, 2008

29th Summer Olympics

2008 Beijing Olympics

The 29th Summer Olympics will be held at Beijing –The National Capital of China. The 2008 Beijing Olympics begins on October 8th 2008 and culminates on October 24th 2008.Over 10,500 athletes from 214 countries of the world will be competing among themselves for the top spot in various sporting disciplines of Olympic Movement. In all there will be 37 Olympic Sports ( Disciplines at this years Olympics.

The 47 track and field events will again put Athletics as the number one Olympic discipline . Swimming with 34 events will be the second top discipline of 2008 Beijing Olympics .To cater to this greatest sport extravaganza China is getting ready with numerous high tech stadiums .Some of the stadiums where the 37 Olympic Sports will be held are : National Stadium the (Opening Ceremony ,Closing Ceremony ,Athletics and Football), National Aquatics Center (Swimming, Diving, Synchronized Swimming), National Indoor Stadium (Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline, Handball), Laoshan Velodrome (cycling), Beijing Shooting Range Hall ( Shooting). Incidentally The 95,000 capacity . National Stadium will be the main stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics .

The Mascot and the Emblem for this years Summer Olympics are five Fuwa ( Good fortune dolls) and Dancing Beijing.

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