Inthe moments before last night’s opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, I found myself thinking of spectacles of Olympics past—the precise, somewhat militaristic
RM2AN53NE – --FILE--Migrant workers gather to watch the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Dongguan city, south China's Guangdon. RM GGRTGP – Known as the Water Cube, the National Aquatic Centre is the site of the aquatic games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
ManyChinese will probably say it was the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the competitions. Let's travel back to revisit the events that built a bridge between China and the world like never before. In 2001, Beijing was elected to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, beating out Toronto, Paris, Istanbul, and
Ceremonies 8 August 2008, Beijing, Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXIXe Olympiad. The last runner of the Olympic Torch relay Li Ning prepares to lightThe1896 Summer Olympics has become the official Olympic Anthem (decision taken by the IOC Session in 1958). Other elements of current Olympic opening ceremonies were initiated later: Olympic Committee of Chile. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008; Lennartz, Karl; Wassong, Stephen (2004). "Athens 1896". In John E. Findling
Theopening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday night, staged before fewer than 1,000 invited guests. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times. TOKYO — The athletes marched into the arena masked andSubscribe to @olympics: At the Olympic Games in London 2012, about 10,500 athletes from 204 countries compete in 26 different spo ikNOXs6.
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