2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Sports

Lying in the north of the North China Plain, Beijing is a famous oriental city with profound history and splendid culture. When the oriental city is vibrant with the upcoming Olympic fever in 2008, it is a good decision to plan for your Beijing Tours.

Besides being captivated by the magnificent well known Tourist Attractions in Beijing, like Forbidden City, the scenic Summer Palace, the majestic Great Wall and the Yuanmingyuan Garden, watching the Olympic Games will surely make your trip memorable forever. Vigorous Beijing is looking forward to the Olympic celebration in 2008 and the red colored "Dancing Beijing" emblem of 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Sports is inviting the whole world.

The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Sports, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008. For the first time the Olympics Games are being held in China, so the organizing committee is quite excited to make the upcoming event a successful one. With pomp and glory this historical games event will be inaugurated at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The slogan of the games is "One World, One Dream" and there are three main themes:

• Green Olympic Games - It is the concept of sustainable development which is being employed in the preparations and the organization of the games to protect the environment, conserve resources and maintain the ecological balance
• High-Tech Olympic Games - It aims to use the high-tech achievements of the nation in sports field and to be an instance before the world.
• People's Olympic Games - While promoting the Olympic spirit, the idea is also to uphold traditional Chinese culture, educate spectators about the evolution of Beijing and propagate the amicable nature and hospitable attitude of its citizens.

Venue of 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics: The Opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Sports will be held in the Beijing National Stadium. This is also the venue for main track and field events. For the aquatic events a new Water Cube has been built closer to the Beijing National Stadium

For the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Sports twenty eight sports have been determined. They are:

Besides Beijing, Quingdao city is also a venue for some events in 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Sports. Events like sailing, swimming's new marathon, beach volleyball will be held in Quingdao city. Hong Kong will organize the equestrian sporting events at Hong Kong Sports Institute in Fo Tan, Sha Tin. This is for the second time the same edition of the Olympic Games has been hosted by two National Olympic Committees.

Approximately 10,500 competitors will take part in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Sports. For the opening ceremony of the ensuing Beijing Summer Olympics 21,000 tickets and for the closing ceremony 26,000 tickets are available. Their bookings will end on December 30. So hurry up and enjoy the spectacular view and make your China Tours memorable.

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