Photos of the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games – China Sports

Repetition for the fireworks of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...

The largest ever Asian Games lowered its curtain in a festive ceremony on Saturday night as host China showed its overwhelming prowess by sweeping 199 gold medals. China, which also won 119 silver and 98 bronze, topped the table for the eighth straight time, smashing its best gold tally of 183, set in the 1990 Beijing Games.

Zhang Yimou is in charge of the 2008 Beijing Games opening and closing ceremonies.

Ceremonies such as those that go on before and after Olympic games need more talent and creativity than one person can provide.

Photos of the Opening ceremony of beijing olympics 2008 Games

announced last week that tickets for the 2008 Olympics will cost just 30% of the price of the 2004 games. Entrance to events will range from 30 to 1,000, admission to the opening ceremonyfrom 200 to 5,000 and tickets for the closing ceremony 150 to 3,000.

To see these photos, one wonders why nobody has convinced Liu Xiang to stop sooner ...

During the 2008 Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony, many Chinese witnessed Yao Ming and Lauren Jackson hugging each other, leading them to speculate reasons why. Did Yao Ming cheat on his wife, Ye Li? Did they do anything wrong?

Nike is the official sponsor and supplier of Chinese athletes for the Beijing Olympic Games. This is some pictures of Nike clothing designed for the 2008 Olympic Games.

I will never forget that song. First of all it was the song for the Olympic games 2008 and you could hear it every time every where! I was even more fortunate, because for the Christmas party of 2008 my colleagues wanted to sing this song and practiced every single day for two weeks in the meeting room behind my desk...!! The song tells us to remember that we are one world.