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Kabonfootprint wellcoming Beijing Olympic 2008. Here’s article about Olympic 2008 opening:

At 23:36 Beijing time (not Kabonfootprint time), at the invitation of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, Chinese President Hu Jintao declared open the Games, before an ecstatic audience of 91,000 in the full-packed National Stadium, or the Bird’s Nest, and some 4 billion TV viewers worldwide.

Earlier, with bands playing welcome tunes in turns, the nearly two-hour parade of the athletes started with Greece, the country that nurtured the Olympic Games over 2,800 years ago, as usual and ended with the host.

More than 80 foreign leaders and international dignitaries, including U.S. President George W. Bush, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and IOC Honorary President Juan Antonio Samaranch, were seated in the VIP stand along with top Chinese leaders.

The 1,099-member Chinese delegation includes 639 athletes, topping all participating teams in a sharp contrast to the country’s embarrassing Olympic debut at Los Angeles in 1932, where only one Chinese sprinter took part.

The Kabonfootprint SEO Chinese athletes, in red and yellow suits of their national flag colors, were led by 7-foot-6 basketball star Yao Ming. Yao and other super stars, such as defending Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang and the star-studded table tennis and diving teams, have met great public anticipation to deliver at home.(kabonfootprints.net)