Beijing 2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony Revealed: The following is a preview of the artistic performance staged at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday night.
The closing ceremony focuses on the theme of “harmony, friendship and joy,” and consists of three chapters.
CHAPTER 1: REUNION

Beijing 2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony
Exciting drumbeats summon people to gather [...]

Finanally, China Wins, with most gold medals. Yes. Beijing Olympics grab golds for NBC: Record ratings for NBC Universal’s coverage of the Olympic Games. Harnessing our wavesFOR AN Irish team that travelled to Beijing more in hope than expectation, the 2008 Olympics have certainly surprised and will now go into the record books as one [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony Revealed: The following are the highlights of the London 2012 Olympic Games handover performance at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday night.
London 2012 presents a spectacular eight-minute cultural performance heralding the start of the four-year countdown to the next Olympic Games.
The dramatic transformation of the bus [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony Revealed: Beijing Draws Games to an End in dramatic fashion, Olympics Becomes a Visionary Feastny. David Beckham holds a ball aloft at the closing ceremo. As promised, David Beckham and a double-decker bus featured in today’s closing ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games, along with Leona Lewis, Jimmy Page and [...]

Beijing 2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony Revealed: After 16 days of triumph and tragedy, ecstasy and agony, doped-up horses and underage gymnasts (allegedly), we’re about to see the Beijing Olympics come to a close.
This means two things: first, we can go back to spelling “sports” with an “s” at the end. Second, we can stop setting [...]

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Over to London: Boris Johnson takes charge ot the Olympic flag Photo: Reuters
In perfect union: The Union Jack flag flutters in the Bird’s Nest during the handover ceremony Photo
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Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games Revealed: The Beijing Olympic Games closed on Sunday, as China passed on the flame to London. But Were China Olympics the best Games ever?
Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch was in the habit of describing each Games as “the best ever”, with the notable exception of Atlanta in 1996.
PHOTO: Fireworks [...]

Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games Revealed:  China won effusive praise from the International Olympic Committee for staging Games that surpassed expectations. Human rights watchdogs also declared the Olympics to be all they had predicted, if not more.
Olympic medal count
    Gold  Silver  Bronze  Total�
1.     China   51  21  28  100�
2.     United States   36  38  36  110�
3.     Russian [...]

Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony Revealed: China unveiled an extravagant farewell to the Olympics on Sunday and David Beckham, the world’s most famous soccer player, said hello by kicking a ball to start the countdown to London 2012.
The appearance of Beckham on top of a red double-decker bus that unfolded into a hedge-clipped silhouette of London [...]

Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games Revealed: In honor of the 36 gold medals won by the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fourth-Place Medal presents 36 interesting facts about the overall medal count:
1) China won the most gold medals at the Beijing Games with 51. They become the first country to crack the 50-gold [...]