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The Beijing Olympics
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, August 2008, from the opening ceremony to the closing
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One issue each morning, starting with the week to Sunday, August 10, 2008.
- The week to Sunday, August 10, 2008Beijing opens the Games with a show of 5,000 yearsBeijing opened the Games on Friday night with a dazzling show of 5,000 years of Chinese history, as two deadly attacks shook Xinjiang and Michael Phelps took his first gold in a world record.
- The week to Sunday, August 17, 2008Phelps wins eighth gold, one more than SpitzMichael Phelps takes his eighth gold of the Games on Sunday morning, the morning after Usain Bolt’s world-record 9.69 in the 100m, in the week India won its first individual Olympic gold and Singapore its first Olympic medal since 1960.
- The week to Sunday, August 24, 2008Beijing closes its Games and hands the Olympic flag to LondonBeijing hands the Games to London as China tops the gold table, Usain Bolt runs a 200m world record and India celebrates three medals at one Games for the first time.
