Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The Beijing Olympics

The official mascots are Beibei the fish, Jingjing the panda, Huanhuan the Olympic flame, Yingying the Tibetan antelope and Nini the swallow.


203 countries in the world are competing in the Beijing Olympics.


The 10,500 athletes have prepared for the Beijing Olympics by training and exercising.


The races at the Beijing Olympics are flat water kayaking, slalom kayaking, swimming, running, athletics, aquatics, archery, weightlifting, wrestling, basket ball, badminton, baseball, boxing, equestrian, gymnastics artistic, gymnastics rhythmic, gymnastics trampoline, fencing, football, handball, hockey, judo, rowing, sailing, volleyball, shooting, diving, tae kwon do, softball, modern pentathlon, beach volleyball, tennis and the triathlon.

By The Current Events Group (KB)

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