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November 12, 2008
TOKYO(RushPRnews)12/11/08-– Efforts towards Tokyo hosting the greenest and most sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games ever took another major step today with the planting of 7,000 saplings at a key 2016 Games venue cluster on Saturday, 8 November.
The planting at Tokyo’s inspiring ‘Sea Forest’ – a richly landscaped... Read Full Story
Here are the snapshots of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Closing ceremony. Those who have missed the live coverage of the Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony can still check what happened at the Olympics Closing Ceremony in National Stadium - Beijing.
BEIJING - AUGUST 24: Drummers performs during the Closing Ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 24, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
BEIJING - AUGUST 24: Zhang Ning of China carries her countrys flag into... Read Full Story
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, is being held in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. Mainland China is expected to field the most athletes. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events will be held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.
It was opened by Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday during a stunning ceremony at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing. In the three-hour spectacular show, 6,000 performers and 4,000 disabled... Read Full Story
China once again dazzled the world with a glittering ceremony as the Paralympics 2008 opened with the message that all life has value and dignity.The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical, mental, and sensorial disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputees, blindness, and those with cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic Games, and are governed by the International Paralympic Committee... Read Full Story
A supporter of traditional Chinese medicine inserts an acupuncture needle with a miniatureThai national flag attached to it into his head during a photo opportunity in Guangzhou. A girl wears sunglasses decorated with the Olympic mascots as she poses outside the National Stadium at the Olympic Green in Beijing, on Saturday, July 26, 2008. Russian Olympic team members walk in Cathedral Square of Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, after a prayer at the... Read Full Story
