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International torch relay for Beijing Paralympic Games cancelled

The planned international route of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay was cancelled, announced the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) here on Wednesday.Due to the devastating May 12 earthquake that struck China, BOCOG has decided to modify arrangements for the Paralympic torch relay under the principle of "safe, simple and effective".According to BOCOG, those changes...

The Beijing Olympic Torch

The Beijing Olympic Torch boasts strong Chinese characteristics, and showcases Chinese design and technical capabilities. It embodies the concepts of a Green Olympics, a High-tech Olympics and the People's Olympics.The Key Facts about the TorchThe torch is 72 centimetres high, weighs 985 grams and is made of aluminium. The torch is of a curved surface form, with etching and anodizing being used during...

Olympic City : Qingdao International Marina

Location: City of QingdaoUse during the Games: SailingCategory: New competition venue (under construction)QingdaoQingdao is located on the southern coastline of the Shandong Peninsula, in east China's Shandong Province. Dubbed "Eastern Switzerland", Qingdao is one of China's most important port cities. With an area of 10,654 km2, it has a population of 7.31 million by the end of 2004.A unique blend...

Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games unveiled

The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) released the Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on the occasion of the 2-year countdown to the opening of the Games.One of the basic image elements of the Olympics, the Olympic Games Pictograms are widely applied in areas such as Olympic directional instruction system, advertising and communications, landscape and...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem - Invitation

Invitation "Dancing Beijing" is a kind invitation. The open arms in the emblem say that China is opening its arms to welcome the rest of the world to join the Olympics, a celebration of "peace, friendship and progress of mankind.""Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar?" The idiom portrays the feelings of friendly and hospitable Chinese people and expresses the sincerity of the city.Come...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem - Spirit

Spirit"Dancing Beijing" extends the totem of the Chinese nation. The form of a running human being stands for the beauty and magnificence of life. Its graceful curves are like the body of a wriggling dragon, relating the past and future of one same civilization; they are like rivers, carrying the century-old history and the nation's pride; they are like veins, pulsing with vitality of life.The intrinsic...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem - Hero

Hero "Dancing Beijing" calls upon heroes. Olympic Games functions as the stage where heroes are made known, miracles created and glories earned, and where every participant constitutes an indispensable part of the occasion.The powerful and dynamic design of the emblem is a life poem written by all participants with their passion, affections, and enthusiasm. It is an oath every participant takes to...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem - Beauty

Beauty"Dancing Beijing" is a favorite color of the Chinese people. The color "red" is intensively used in the emblem, pushing the passion up to a new level. It carries Chinese people's longing for luck and happiness and their explanation of life.Red is the color of the Sun and the Holy Fire, representing life and a new beginning. Red is mind at ease, symbol of vitality, and China's blessing and invitation...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem - Image

Image "Dancing Beijing" serves as the city's foremost appearance. It is an image that shows the eastern ways of thinking and the nation's lasting appeal embodied in the Chinese characters. It is an expression that conveys the unique cultural quality and elegance of Chinese civilization.With inspiration from the traditional Chinese art form - calligraphic art, the character "Jing" (the latter of the...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem - Commitment

Commitment "Dancing Beijing" is a Chinese Seal. It is engraved with commitment made to the Olympic Movement by a country that has 56 ethnic groups and a population of 1.3 billion. While witnessing the advocacy of the Olympic Spirit by a nation with both ancient civilization and modern culture, it also unfolds a future-oriented city's pursuit of the Olympic Ideal.It is a symbol of trust and an expression...

Beijing 2008 Olympic Emblem Milestone

Every emblem of the Olympics tells a story. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games emblem "Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing" is filled with Beijing's hospitality and hopes, and carries the city's commitment to the world.Milestone"Dancing Beijing" is a milestone of the Olympics. It serves as a classic chapter of the Olympic epic inscribed by the spirit of the Chinese nation, calligraphed by the deeper import...

Nini - Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Every spring and summer, the children of Beijing have flown beautiful kites on the currents of wind that blow through the capital. Among the kite designs, the golden-winged swallow is traditionally one of the most popular.Nini's figure is drawn from this grand tradition of flying designs. Her golden wings symbolize the infinite sky and spread good-luck as a blessing wherever she flies. Swallow is...

Yingying - Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Like all antelopes, Yingying is fast and agile and can swiftly cover great stretches of land as he races across the earth. A symbol of the vastness of China's landscape, the antelope carries the blessing of health, the strength of body that comes from harmony with nature. Yingying's flying pose captures the essence of a species unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the first animals put under...

Huanhuan - Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

In the intimate circle of Fuwa, Huanhuan is the big brother. He is a child of fire, symbolizing the Olympic Flame and the passion of sport -- and passion is the blessing he bestows. Huanhuan stands in the center of Fuwa as the core embodiment of the Olympic spirit.And while he inspires all with the passion to run faster, jump higher and be stronger, he is also open and inviting. Wherever the light...

Jingjing - Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Jingjing makes children smile -- and that's why he brings the blessing of happiness wherever he goes. You can see his joy in the charming naivety of his dancing pose and the lovely wave of his black and white fur. As a national treasure and a protected species, pandas are adored by people everywhere.The lotus designs in Jingjing's headdress, which are inspired by the porcelain paintings of the Song...

Beibei - Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

In China's traditional culture and art, the fish and water designs are symbols of prosperity and harvest. And so Beibei carries the blessing of prosperity. A fish is also a symbol of surplus in Chinese culture, another measure of a good year and a good life.The ornamental lines of the water-wave designs are taken from well-known Chinese paintings of the past. Among Fuwa, Beibei is known to be gentle...

The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, Fuwa will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace -- and good wishes from China -- to children all over the world.Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, Fuwa also embody the natural characteristics...

Spectators cheer as they watch the Olympic torch relay in Paris, capital of France, on April 7, 2008. (Photo credit: Xinhua)The Olympic torch relay concluded in Paris Monday afternoon, after repeated disruptions by Tibetan separatists and their supporters which aroused indignation from spectators and sports officials.The torch was forced to be put on an accompanying bus for four times in the afternoon...

Olympic flame crosses London amid snow

The heavy snow in London exerted slim effect on people's passion of seeing Beijing Olympic flame as large crowds lined along the street to greet the relay of torch on Sunday in the host city of 2012 Games.People crowd in Chinatown to watch the Olympic torch relay in London, capital of Britain, April 6, 2008. London is the fourth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese...

Beijing Olympic torch relay in St. Petersburg ends

The Beijing Olympic torch relay in St. Petersburg, the third leg of its global journey, ended on Saturday afternoon at the Palace Square.Mayor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matviyenko (L Front) gives the torch to torchbearer Galina Zybina, Russia's shot put gold medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, at the Victory Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 5, 2008. St. Petersburg...

Flame leaves Istanbul for St. Petersburg

The last torchbearer in Istanbul, Taner Sagir, the weightlifting gold medalist in the 77-kg category at Athens 2004, reached Taksim Square at 7:00 p.m. (GMT +3) to light the cauldron, concluding the second leg of the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay outside of the Chinese mainland.According to Qu Yingpu, a spokesman from BOCOG's Torch Relay Center, the relay in Istanbul was a success, and the torch was...

Sacred flame blazes way through the 'city of apples'

The Olympic torch arrived in Almaty's Astana Square on Wednesday afternoon, the last site of the first stopover in the global torch relay. Yermakhan Ibraimov, men's 71kg gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, served as the last torchbearer. After he lit the flame basin, an hour-long grand gala was held on the square with Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice-president of BOCOG, and Liu Jigang, a BOCOG...

torch RELAY : Athens ready for sacred flame handover ceremony

On Day 6 of the Torch Relay in Greece, the sacred flame moved from Marathonas to Athens, where it will stay the night. On March 30, the Olympic torch will be ceremoniously handed over to representatives of BOCOG at the Panathenaikon Stadium.On Saturday morning at 7:00, the flame took off from Lamia, passing through Amfiario before reaching Marathonas. From this famed city, torchbearers carried the...

6 torch relay : Day five of torch relay covers the longest distance so far

The sacred flame went through Dion at the foot of Mount Olympus during the fifth day of the Torch Relay on Friday, with local residents excited to witness the coming of the flame.The fifth day saw the flame travel the longest distance so far in Greece. It covered nearly 400 km from the northeast to the southeast of Greece.Fireworks were lit in Thessaloniki as part of celebrations to greet the Olympic...

5 torch relay : Cauldron lit in Thessaloniki on fourth day of torch relay

Chinese reporters had to handle a tough schedule as the Torch Relay entered into its fourth day's journey at the birthplace of Olympics.Both Chinese reporters and BOCOG officials have been deprived of any spare time, but they are lucky as they are treated as distinguished guests in Greece, with friendly citizens providing free meals to the visitors.The Torch Relay was put off for half an hour in...

4 torch relay : Olympic Torch sleeps over in Veria

Day three of the Greek leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay began in Ioannina under similar weather conditions as the previous day. The chilly temperatures followed the torch as it touched down upon the snowy town of Metsovo, stop number two on Wednesday, March 26.At 11:08 a.m., the Olympic Torch reached the mountain town, welcomed by traditional song and dance from residents braving the cold. Dressed...

3 torch relay : Greek torchbearers: Today is our festival

March 25, Tuesday, is the second day of the Torch Relay for the Beijing Olympic Games. It is also the 187th anniversary of Greek Independence Day.Starting today, the Greeks entered a week of celebrations. The Greek national flag could be seen along the route of the torch relay and the people looked enthusiastic. Dressed in national costumes, they danced, sharing the joy brought about by the Beijing...

2 torch relay : First day of Olympic Torch Relay concludes

The first day of the Olympic Torch Relay successfully concluded, with the Olympic Flame lit in Mesologi. Heavy rain did not affect the enthusiasm of the Greek people. They gathered together, welcoming the Olympic torch.In the Torch Lighting Ceremony that began at 11:00 a.m. (GMT +2) on March 24, in Olympia, Greece, the High Priestess successfully lit the sacred flame in a traditional ritual, using...

1 torch relay : Sacred flame waves goodbye to Greece

"Tell the world, the Olympic Games are about to begin!"One week earlier, on March 24, the torch lighting ceremony was successfully completed, signaling the start of the torch relay in Greece. On Sunday, March 30, the Greek leg of the torch relay officially concluded, with the handover of the torch to BOCOG at Panathenaikon Stadium in Athens. The sacred flame will head to Beijing from here, and after...