LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!

8/4/08 – 8/10/08


This coming Friday at 8:08 pm, the world one - hundred and ninety five countries will forget about all of their differences and turn on to watch the 2008 Olympics Summer Games that is being hosted by the country of China in Beijing. The games will last for a total of 16 days follow by the closing ceremony on 8/24/08.

Their will be over three hundred – two events covering over twenty eight different sports. In which, will be played in over thirty seven different venues with the main venue being The Beijing National Stadium. This stadium is also known as the bird nest because of its bird nest like stadium design. “The Bird Nest” will be the site of both the opening and the closing ceremonies of this year summer games.

The categories of sports being played in this year summer games for an example, ranges from basketball all the way to table tennis. At one point during the Olympics, tug of war was also one of the competitions in the games as well as cricket. But both cricket and tug of war has not been played in the Olympics, since the early 1900s.

Out of the one - hundred and ninety five counties that are competing in the Olympics eighty three, of those counties have never before won either the gold, silver, or bronze medals coming into this year summer games. That fact Alone differentiates the glory of these Olympic Games from other sporting events. As its the only, true sporting event in which brings the world and its citizens together as one.

So if you want to see drama in sports at its best, watch The Olympics summer games on Friday and let The Games Begin!

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