Beijing 2008

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Caballé – Barcelona.
 Anti-Terrorism Exercises in China
Earlier in June, China launched a week-long series of
anti-terrorist drills called "Great Wall 5", in preparation
for the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. The drills
involved emergency responders, "police forces, the
People's Armed Police, the People's Liberation Army and
the health, environmental protection, meteorology and
transportation departments." according to China's
Xinhua News Agency.
Paramilitary
policemen display
their skills during an
anti-terror drill
themed "To
Welcome Olympic
Games,To Ensure
the Security" at
Datianwan Stadium
on July 2, 2008 in
Chongqing
Municipality, China.
China has launched
a series of anti-
terror drills at the
national level to
ensure security for
the upcoming
Chinese paramilitary policemen
form a pattern of the Olympic Rings
on the field, while policewomen
display their fighting skills during an
anti-terrorism drill on July 2, 2008 in
Chongqing Municipality.
Chinese police parade
during an anti-terrorism
drill for the 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games in Xian, in
China's Shaanxi province
on June 11, 2008.
Firemen put out a blaze during an anti-terror drill
on July 2, 2008 in Chongqing Municipality, China.
A general view of a newly
installed surface-to-air missile
launcher near the Olympic green
on June 25, 2008 in Beijing.
Firemen cut barriers
during an anti-
terrorism drill on July 2,
2008 in Chongqing
In this photo released by the official
Xinhua news agency, members of
China's armed police demonstrate a
rapid deployment during an anti-
terrorist drill held in Jinan, east China,
on Wednesday July 2, 2008, roughly
one month ahead of the Beijing
Olympic Games.
Chinese police parade during
an anti-terrorism drill for the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
in Xian, in China's Shaanxi
province on June 11, 2008.
Policemen try to control
simulated mobs during an anti-
terror drill on July 2, 2008 in
Chongqing Municipality.
In this photo released
by the official Xinhua
news agency, a
member of China's
armed police
operates a flame
sprayer during an
anti-terrorist drill held
in Jinan, east China,
on Wednesday July 2,
2008, roughly one
month ahead of the
Beijing Olympic
Chinese police parade during an
anti-terrorism drill for the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games in Xian,
in China's Shaanxi province on
June 11, 2008. China is staging a
week of anti-terrorism drills,
dubbed "Great Wall 5", ahead of
the Beijing Olympics next
. Chinese paramilitary officers
and a police officer surround a
mockup house where "suspects"
are held up in Xuchang, central
China's Henan province, on
Paramilitary police officers keep
watch at the start of the Olympic
Torch Relay, Tuesday, June 17,
2008, in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region, China's most
western province.
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The Torch Relay
Graphic of the
Beijing 2008
Olympic Games

The Logo of the

Beijing Olympic
Torch Relay
 Beijing
Paralympics
Emblem.

Fu Niu Lele,
the Official
Mascot of the
Beijing 2008
Paralympic
 The Official Mascots of the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
The Torch
Relay lantern

The
Olympic
cauldron
The torch  Beijin g Olympic
stand Torch
The obverse side 　 　 The middle
part

The upper part 　　　　　　　　　　　

　 The lower part 　
　　　　　　　　　　　　
Torchbearer uniforms, the
torch and the lantern.
Design of the The Escort
uniform for the Runner
Torch Relay. Uniform.

Staff
Uniform.
Tian'anmen square ready for
torch welcoming ceremony. 2008-03-31
A welcoming ceremony will be held
at Tian'anmen Square on the
morning of Monday, March 31.
RETROSPECT
Nagano 1998 Olimpic Torch
Sidney 2000 Olympic Torch
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic
Torch
Turin 2006 Olimpic
Torch
Athens 2004 Olympic Torch
Retrospect of High Priestesses
who have lit the Olympic
Flame.

Greek High Priestess Thalia Prokopiou holds the flame

during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony for the
Athens 2004 Olympic Games at Ancient Olympia on
March 25, 2004.
Since the first torch lighting ceremony in Ancient
Olympia in 1936, eight young women have
performed the duties of the High Priestess, almost
all of them theater actresses.

They were:
Koula Pratsika (1936)
Maria Aggelakopoulou (1948)
Xanthippi Picheon-Theologiti (1952)
Aleka Katseli (1956-1960-1964)
Maria Moscholiou (1968-1972-1976-1980)
Katerina Didaskalou(1984-1988)
Maria Pambouki (1992-1996)
Thalia Prokopiou (2000-2004)
Koula Pratsika, Maria Aggelakopoulou,
the first High lights the Olyjmpic
Priestess in Flame at the light
history, at the ceremony of London
light ceremony 1948 Olympic Games.
of Berlin 1936
Olympic Games.
Xanthippi Picheon- Aleka Katseli, the
Theologiti, lights 4th High Priestess
the Olyjmpic Flame who hosts the
at the light lighting ceremonies
ceremony of of 1956, 1960, 1964
Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games.
Maria Moscholiou, hosts four
Olympic Games'Olympic flame
lighting ceremony separately in
1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980.
Katerina Didaskalou, Maria Pambouki
the sixth High hosts the Barcelona
Priestess hosts the 1992 and Atlanta
Los Angeles 1984 1996 Olympic
and Seoul 1988 Games' Olympic
Olympic Games' Flame lighting
Olympic Fame. ceremony.
Thalia
Prokopiou
hosts the
Olympic
flame
lighting
ceremony of
the 2000
Sydney
Olympic
Games.
Dir@m@r, Images:
julho, 2008. Internet.