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BOGOC Meets Olympic Sports Legends

Wang Wei, general secretary of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOGOC), met here Friday with a group of Olympic legends including Edwin Moses,Nadia Comaneci and Mark Spitz.


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Wang Wei, general secretary of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOGOC), met here Friday with a group of Olympic legends including Edwin Moses,Nadia Comaneci and Mark Spitz.

The superstars are on their first official visit to China as the members of World Sports Academy in support of the global charity programs of the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation.

The group of the members were introduced the planning venues of

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games during the short visit to the BOGOC.

Wang told the guests that Beijing Olympic games will have 37 competition venues, including 19 newly-constructed, and 59 training venues. Beijing will pay attention not only to provide a perfect competing environment but to the use of the venues after the Games.

Wang said that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has created a progress called "Transfer of Knowledge". Beijing will learn from the progress that the previous experience of Olympic Organization.

Edwin Moses congratulated Beijing on its successful Olympic bid

and said that they are very happy to see the process of Olympics here and we will see it when the big day comes. "2008 sounds like a long time, but time will go rapidly. I am sure your way will go very well."

Edwin Moses, remained utterly invincible in the 400-meter hurdles, had collected two Olympic in 1976 and 1984. He took unprecedented 13 steps in between the hurdles instead of usual 14.

Nadia Comaneci, born in Romania, produced a lifetime Olympic medal haul of five golds, three silvers and one bronze. She was the first woman to get full marks at 10 points in Gymnastics.

The all-time swimming great Mark Spitz was one of the most celebrated athletes of all time. He won 7 swimming gold medal and established 7 world records in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.





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