Probably, the most important milestone
is the Olympic Torch Relay of Beijing.
Under the theme of "Journey to Harmony"
and "Turn on the Passion, Share the Dream" as
its theme, the torch relay will begin on April 1 in Olympia,
Greece, where he will light the torch and pass through
21 cities around the world. The torch is scheduled to
arrive in China on May 4, where the torch relay will pass
through 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.
The highlight of the torch relay will
be the ascension of the torch to Mount Qomolangma (Mount
Everest) - the highest mountain in the world.
The torch will travel 137,000 miles over
130 days, with 97 days of relay happening in China. The
relay of the Olympic torch Beijing route will be longer,
wider geographical coverage and to involve more people
in the history of the Olympics.
Cuba closes this year with 75 seats secured with a view
to the Olympic Games in Beijing, a figure which was achieved
thanks to the 12 newly quotas achieved by selecting female
volleyball on the island.
The official newspaper "Granma"
published on Thursday, that the triumph of the new generation
of "Movies of the Caribbean" on the lid of qualifying
North, Central America and the Caribbean, rose to 13 the
number of sports tickets and two teams include this roster.
According to data from the National Institute
of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER),
the disciplines that ensured their tickets to the fair
for the Chinese capital are baseball, with 24, nailed
(3), wrestling (5), archery (1 ), canoeing (2), judo (5),
(6) weights, pentathlon (1), rowing (9), taekwondo (3),
shooting (3) and cycling (1).
The announced aspiration of Cubans to
participate in 20 of the 28 sports summoned to the Olympics,
and for this, almost since the beginning of 2008, will
continue the search for quotas, in the case of athletics,
are more than 30 athletes the island with times and marks
required.
Still have a chance to add to the entourage
headed to Beijing exponents of boxing, basketball (f),
soccer, volleyball (m), and table tennis, while other
disciplines such as cycling, diving, wrestling and judo
will be able to expand its presence.
In the Olympic lides, Cuba accumulates
65 preseas gold and exceeds 100 between silver and bronze,
and ranked number 11 by countries in the most recent edition,
Athens 2004, which appeared medal tally with the result
of 9-7-11. (Xinhua)
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By March it is estimated that the work be completed in
the last work, the National Stadium.
This structure is better known as the
"Nest" because of the way in which 42,000 tons
of metal to be built are intertwined with each other.
The stadium was designed by the award-winning
Swiss company Herzog & de Meuron and will have room
for about 91,000 people.
Another of the venues for the games is
the National Aquatic Centre or the so-called "Water
Cube"-designed by Australians PTW, whose pool has
already been completed.
Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president
and spokesman of the organizing committee of the games,
stated that "Water Cube will host a test event in
January."
Most important Athletes from Argentina
and the World:
Lionel Messi, riquelme, manu ginobili, rafael nadal, Roger
Federer, Maria Sharapova, Lionel Messi, Yao Ming, LeBron
James, Michael Phelps, Yao Ming, Liu Xiangy, LeBron James,
Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Mark Spitz, Usain Bolt,
Asafa Powel, Tyson Gay
- This are a officials
sponsors of BEIJING 2008
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Coca Cola, Kodak, McDonald's, Samsung, Atos Origin, Omega,
Visa, Panasonic, Lenovo, General Electric ,Manulife.
