2008 Olympic Games countdown The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were awarded to Beijing, China after an exhaustive ballot of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 13, 2001. The games will be held from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony commencing at 08:08pm and 08 seconds.
Some events, including football (soccer), sailing, and swimming's new marathon 10km 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 Olympic Games has been hosted by two National Olympic Committees (NOCs). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics Comments
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Ethan Bloch
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Thanks for the great photo and use of a free License.
This photograph was recently featured in an episode of 60 Seconds, which can be found here: www.opensermo.com/2008/03/20/chinas-reputatio n/
Cheers. Ethan
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