One World One Dream
The world waits with bated breadth as we are 8 days away to the 2008 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Beijing from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Yes, 4 long years of waiting since the last Olympics, and finally the Olympic fever has hit me and the countdown is truly on!
Officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the Beijing games will see 10,500 athletes competing for Olympic glory in 302 events in 28 sports. The Chinese Government has spent US$40 billion in preparation for the Games, modernizing the city and sprucing up tourist attractions to welcome the tens of thousands of tourists expected to converge in Beijing during and long after the Games had ended.
A total of 37 venues will be used to host the events including 12 newly constructed venues. More than 20 modern venues that make use of environmental-friendly and energy-saving technology now decorate Beijing.
Any sports fan worth his salt will surely have heard and seen images of the iconic structures “Bird’s Nest” and “Water Cube”. These will be two of the many Olympian Playground where blood and sweat will be shed and tears flow over the next 3 weeks.
The “Bird’s Nest” is actually the National Stadium of the Games, which will hold the opening/closing ceremony and all the track and field events, and men’s and women’s football competition.
The “Water Cube” is China’s National Aquatics Center and will host the swimming events, diving and synchronized swimming. With a capacity of 17,000, the Water Cube is the largest Olympics aquatic centre ever built. Let’s view a video presentation of the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube.
I am so looking forward to the start of the Games and religiously following some of my favorite sports events on television. Those events are football (but of course), track and field (individual and team’s sprint events, and high-jump for field event), swimming, diving, and gymnastic.
What values and special feelings does the Olympic holds for you? Are you looking forward to the Beijing Games? What events will you be following?
swimming, diving, gymnastics….hmmm, what do all these events have in common
*cough* tight clothing *cough*
I guess we know why you are watching the olympics (or at least those events)
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