| Media Village Construction Gets Underway |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(29-11-2005) Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
| Beijing, China - Ground has been broken in Beijing, as the construction of a new media village gets underway ahead of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad – Beijing 2008. The new media village will be located outside the north fifth ring road of Beijing and will be to the northeast of the Olympic Green and the Olympic Forest Park.< |
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| Beijing 2008: Five Mascots For The Beijing Games |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(11-11-2005) Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
| Beijing, China -
The Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad – Beijing 2008 (BOCOG) has launched the five official mascots for the Beijing Games at a gala show, in the Chinese capital, held to mark the 1,000-day countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the Games. |
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| EB takes decisions on events for Beijing 2008 |
| LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND-(27-10-2005) Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
| Lausanne, Switzerland - This morning, the Executive Board (EB) analysed requests from a number of International Federations for changes and/or additions to events/quotas within their respective sports for the programme of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. |
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| Olympic Venue Construction Moving Ahead |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(22-9-2005) Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
| Beijing, China - When construction begins on the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium at the end of September 2005, all 11 of the new competition venues that Beijing plans to build for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad – Beijing 2008 will be under construction. |
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| Beijing 2008: Foundations Laid For Success |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(2-6-2005) Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
| Beijing, China - Following three days of positive meetings, the IOC’s Coordination Commission successfully concluded its fourth visit to the host city of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games. |
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| Passion for the Olympic Games |
| LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND-(14-1-2005) Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
| Lausanne, Switzerland - “Passion for the Olympics: my Courtesy and Charm” is the title of an education campaign launched this week in Beijing in view of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008. |
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| Athens lessons successfully shared in Beijing |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(3-11-2004) Olympic Games |
| Beijing, China - Three days of briefing meetings organised by the IOC were successfully concluded in Beijing today, where Athens organisers have been sharing the lessons of their successful summer. Past, present and future organisers of the Olympic Games were represented, with teams from Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010 and the Candidate Cities bidding for the summer Games of 2012 joining executives from all levels of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). |
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| From plans to reality |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(29-10-2004) Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
| Beijing, China - Following three days of positive meetings, the IOC’s Coordination Commission successfully concluded its third visit to the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games. “The eyes of the world, as well as the full attention of the IOC, are turning towards Beijing following the success of Athens 2004”, said Coordination Commission Chairman Hein Verbruggen. |
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| Meeting of the coordination Commission |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(27-10-2004) Olympic Games Beijing 2008 |
| Beijing, China - The 3rd meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games commenced today. During the next three days, the Commission will assess the progress made by the Organising Committee (BOCOG), and provide advice with regard to future progress. |
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| ISAF President on Olympic sailing |
| ISAF HQ, UK-(12-10-2004) Olympic Classes |
| ISAF HQ, UK - As I am not running for any office and do not have to worry about being politically correct I can openly say what I personally believe although really that never bothered me before. |
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| Launch of Beijing 2008 Olympic Marketing Programme |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(1-9-2003) Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |
| Beijing, China - The Marketing Programme for the 2008 Olympic Games was launched today in Beijing by IOC President Jacques Rogge and representatives of the city of Beijing and the Organising Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG). |
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| IOC approves logo for 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing |
| LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND-(31-3-2003) Olympic Games 2008 |
| Lausanne, Switzerland - `Young, dynamic - bringing together the historical and cultural heritage, as well as the future of China`, these are the words used by IOC President Jacques Rogge on Friday to describe the logo of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008. |
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| Decisions by the IOC on disciplines and events, objectives and timetable |
| LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND-(20-2-2003) Olympic Programme |
| Lausanne, Switzerland - Following the resolutions adopted at the 114th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Mexico City in November 2002, and to enable the Olympic Programme Commission to continue its work, the IOC Executive Board (EB), meeting today in Lausanne, has taken a series of decisions on the disciplines and events on the programme of the Olympic Games in 2008, and approved the Programme Commission's objectives and working timetable.< |
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| Samsung renews Olympic Partnership Agreement |
| LAUSANNE-(23-10-2002) Olympic Games 2006-2008 |
| Lausanne - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is pleased to announce that Samsung has renewed its worldwide Olympic sponsorship continuing through to the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin 2006 and the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008. |
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| IOC reviews sporting programme for future Games of the Olympiad |
| ---(29-8-2002) Olympic Games 2008 |
| -- - Following its review yesterday of the Olympic programme for the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006, the IOC Executive Board today discussed the Olympic programme for future Games of the Olympiad, specifically the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008 in Beijing. A total of 18 sports for the programme of the Summer Games have been submitted to the Olympic Programme Commission by their relevant International Federations for inclusion in future Games. |
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| IOC gives strong vote of confidence to organisers of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |
| BEIJING, CHINA-(4-9-203) Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |
| Beijing, China - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave a resounding vote of confidence to the state of preparations after three days of meetings between the IOC Coordination Commission and the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee for the Games of XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) which concluded today in the Chinese capital. |
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