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1、Beijing2008OlympicsBeijinghassuccessfullydeliveredanOlympicGamestotheworld.The2008summerGamesweremarkedwithdistinctChineseelements,whiletherulesspecifiedintheOlympicCharterandtheInternationalOlympicCommittee’s(IOC)writtenagreementwiththehostcitywerestrictlyfollowed.Sevenyearsa
2、go,whengrantingthehostingrightsoftheGamesofthe29OlympiadtoBeijing,theIOCwasconfidentinthecity,andbelievedthatholdingtheGamesinChinawouldfacilitate(促进)thedisseminationoftheOlympicspiritamongits1.3billionpeople,leavinganunrivalledlegacyinOlympichistory.Dataaboutthe2008Gamessugge
3、stthattheIOCmadetherightdecisioninchoosingBeijingasthehost.AccordingtotheBeijingOrganizingCommitteefortheGamesofthe29Olympiad,38worldrecordsand85Olympicrecordswerebrokeninthe2008Games.MoreworldrecordsandOlympicrecordswerebrokenintheBeijingGamesthanintheAthensorSydney.NumerousO
4、lympicmiracles(奇迹)andgloriousmomentswereborninthe12newOlympicvenues,includingtheWaterCubeandtheBird’sNest.Inaddition,11renovatedvenuesandeighttemporaryvenuesinBeijing,aswellassixsportsarenasintheco-hostingcities,werealsousedfortheGames.Atotalof11,468athletesfrom204countriesand
5、regionscompetedintheBeijingGames.BeijingsawthelargestnumberoffemaleathletescompetinginthehistoryoftheGames,tothereliefoftheIOC,whichiscommittedtopopularizingOlympicidealsandgenderequality.About100,000Olympicvolunteers,400,000cityvolunteers,and1millionsocialvolunteersformedthel
6、argestvolunteerteaminOlympichistory.TheirsmilesanddedicationmadetheOlympicsmorebeautiful.TheBeijingOlympicswereoneofthemostwatchedGamesinthehistory.Morethan220televisionagenciesandover25,000journalistscoveredtheevent.TheIOCsitelogged5millionclicksduringtheentireprocessoftheBei
7、jingGames,whereasitlogged2.8millionclicksduringtheAthensOlympics.Morethan80headsofstatesandgovernmentsparticipatedintheopeningceremonyoftheBeijingGames.About80percentofthepeopleinChinaandabouthalfofthepeopleintheUnitedStatesandEuropewatchedtheopeningceremonyontelevision.Thiswa
8、sarecordnumber.Fewothereventshavereceivedsomuchattention.Team
