Beijing is an amazing and historic city in China. It also has the distinction of hosting the 2008 summer Olympic games. This is a time honored event that features the top athletes from all over the world. It was an extremely spectacular occasion, and featured entertainment aspects, as well as the sports. It was watched throughout the world, and many people traveled to China and stayed in one of the five star Beijing hotels in order to attend it. The opening ceremony was amazing and served as an appropriate introduction to this competitive and prestigious event. The winning star athletes usually go on to become major cultural icons in their own countries. This was certainly the case with Michael Phelps, the swimmer from the United States who won a record breaking 8 gold medals.
The Olympic Games occur every four years. There are medals awarded for the top three performers or teams in each event. This is an tradition that was first established in 1904. The first place winters receive gold medals, silver goes to second place, and third place receives bronze. At this time the Winter Games were also added due to the enormous popularity of the Summer Games.
London England will host the 2012 Summer Games, which will be the third time they have occurred there. The United States has hosted the games four times, the most recent being in 1996 when they took place in Atlanta Georgia. The modern games were established in 1894 at took place in Athens Greece. They were founded by Pierre Fredi wanted to support and promote international connections and understanding through competitive sports. These first games took place two years after Fredi established them, and included only 245 athletes, and only 14 countries. The Games no include over 10,000 participants from 205 nations.
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