Beijing 2008 (En Ingles)

Páginas: 3 (643 palabras) Publicado: 3 de diciembre de 2012
República Bolivariana de Venezuela
UE Colegio Bellas Artes
Maracaibo, Edo Zulia.
Asignatura: Ingles
Sandoval, Alfredo.
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Ingles: EnsayoBeijing Olympic Games
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from204 National Olympic Committees, competed in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games). Beijing was awarded the Games over four competitors on July 13, 2001, havingwon an absolute majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds of voting. The Government of the People's Republic of China promoted the Games and investedheavily in new facilities and transportation systems. A total of 37 venues were used to host the events, including 12 constructed specifically for use at the Games. The official logo of these OlympicGames, titled "Dancing Beijing", featured a stylised calligraphic character jīng. ), referring to the host city. Media outlets reported unprecedented audience interest in the Games, and theseOlympics had the largest television audience in Olympic history, Some politicians and non-governmental organizations criticized the choice of China as Olympic host because of the country's humanrights record, and protests by pro-Tibetan independence activists and critics of China's human rights record marred the international portion of the Olympic torch relay. There were 43 new world records and 132new Olympic records set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games. Chinese athletes won the most gold medals, with 51, and 100 medals altogether,while the United States had the most total medals with 110. American swimmer Michael Phelps broke the records for most gold medals in one Olympics and for most career gold medals for an Olympian...
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