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The 2008 Beijing Olympics closed its curtains last Sunday, 24th of August, ending the 16-day event with an extravagant show of lights and acrobatic performances.. The crowd was serenaded by a duet performance by Tenor Placido Domingo and Chinese Soprano Song Zuying, though its hard for me to understand what they are singing, I still appreciate their high range voices…

“Through these Games, the world learned more about China and China learned from the rest of the world”, says International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge in his closing speech.. “These were truly exceptional Games.” I think I will agree, since this was only my first time to focus my attention in the olympics… I actually learned alot… Thanks to the power of the internet…

 
The main highlights of this olympics are American Michael Phelps who won 8 golds in swimming and broke 7 world records and 1 olympic record and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt with 3 golds and breaking all 3 world records as well.. China led the medal tally with 51 gold medals followed by U.S. with 39, Russia winning 23 and Great Britain with 19…

 
London who will host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games (officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad) was given an 8 minute presentation in the closing ceremony with performances from Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and British singing sensation Leona Lewis and an appearance by Football icon David Beckham who kicked a ball into a crowd of onlookers… I wonder how much they paid this guy just to appear in the closing ceremony? hmmm…

So I guess its time to say goodbye and congratulations to Beijing for a job well done.. And off to London, the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times (previously in 1908 and 1948) may you give the world a more lavish experience which we expect to be better than the recently concluded Beijing Olympics… we will patiently wait and watch as you prepare for this historic event… Goodluck and see you soon London in 2012…