Monday, August 25, 2008

Alas, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has ended. 16days, it came and went, so fast. With much anticipation, the Chinese have waited for the day that they will be hosting the Olympic Games and now it's over.

Excitement and disappointment were seen in this emotional Olympic Games. We have all witness the greatest Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, he has won 8 Golds breaking 7 World Records and 1 Olympic Record along the way.

Michael Phelps

The Water Cube, where 21 World Record were being broken.

This Olympic I have also heard of touching story. German weightlifter, Matthais Steiner, who won the Olympic Gold medal. Holding the photo of his late wife with tears flowing down his cheek. He has promised his wife, who died in a car accident last year, that he would win the Olympic Gold and he did it, it was such a touching sight.

Henry Cejudo, Wrestler from the United States of America, who won the Gold Medal in the 55kg Freestyle wrestling. His father was a illegal immigrant from Mexico and when he was young he had to live hiding from places to places with his father to avoid being caught by the officials. He came to Beijing Olympic empty handed and now he is returning home with a Gold Medal in his pocket.

Just when everyone thought that China would make a clean sweep in the diving event, out came Matthew Mitchem from the Australia. In the last of the 6 10m platform dive, he dived a whooping 116.10score to beat the chinese and destroyed the Chinese hope of wanting to become the second nation to sweep all diving Golds in a single Games.

Credits to the Singapore team who obtained a Silver in the Women's Table Tennis Team. They beat the South Korean in the semi-finals with a 3-2 score and after losing to China in the final with 3-0 they have got themselves a silver medal and ended Singapore 48years medal drought.

Final Medal Tally has China with 51 Golds, the first Asian Nation to hit the 50mark, and USA second with 36Golds.

The curtain has been drawn for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It certianly has been a wonderful Olympics and I look forward to seeing what London 2012 has for the world.

Goodbye Bird's Nest.

THANK YOU BEIJING!

陈伟译上。
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