China showcases a "truly exceptional" Olympics to the world

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Source: CCTV.com | 08-26-2008 09:01

After seventeen days of excitement, passion and glory, the twenty-ninth Olympic Games concluded in Beijing on Sunday night. The President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, said the Beijing Games were "truly exceptional".

After seventeen days of excitement, passion and glory,  the twenty-ninth Olympic Games concluded in Beijing on  Sunday night.

This is a party for celebration and joy.

For seventeen days, China surprised the world. Every facet of the Games presented a wider, deeper and fuller understanding about the host nation.

For seventeen days, the world's finest athletes competed in this land of wonder. An unprecedented number of world and Olympic records were broken.