Beijing Olympics 2008

Navtej Kohli finds that there are much of excitement and joy during the closing ceremony of Beijing Olympics 2008 . Also Navtej kohli wishing to next Olympics in 2012 in England .
After 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement, world most prestigious Beijing Olympics Games announced to be closed with grand closing ceremony on 24-Aug-2008.
Remarkable closing ceremony started with torrents of fireworks and included a pulsating show-within-a-show by London , which will host 2012 Olympics games .The performer was taken by double Decker bus to the stage , Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page played classic rock hit "Whole Lotta Love" and football big star David Beckham booted a ball into the surrounding throng of athletes on the stadium floor. Many other classical musical lyrics also were be played to make ceremony more beautiful and Olympic flame atop the stadium was extinguished.
China had keep his promise to make this Olympics event remarkable and glorious, many controversies and protests by Tibetan make some problem and raise many question, moreover while Bush was set-off American Olympians , many human rights protesting and urging to wipe out American team from China Olympics . But despite many problems Beijing Olympics very successful and many athletics break and create new records. Especially China dominated in Athletics and won many Gold Medals and showing their world class performance, also Beijing was very peaceful and enjoyed foreign visitors.
Moreover Beijing Olympics names will be remembered for ever because of this Olympics give two best players to world who showed their best forever performance in Olympics as well as makes many records . First name is Michael Phelps who win eight gold in swimming and made five world records and break near about five previous world record also Jamaica's ebullient Usain Bolt who won three gold medal in race and makes three world records and now be fastest runner on the earth
"Tonight, we come to the end of 16 glorious days which we will cherish forever," IOC President Jacques Rogge told the capacity crowd of 91,000 at the National Outdoor Stadium, and a global TV audience. "Through these Games, the world learned more about China, and China learned more about the world."
"These were truly exceptional games," he said, before declaring them formally closed.
Liu Qi who is the head of Beijing organizing committee said games were were "testimony to the fact that the world has rested its trust in China." He called them "a grand celebration of sport, of peace and friendship."
Yet it’s true that Rogge and the IOC both criticized by human rights groups and challenge the Chinese government for press freedom and detention of dissidents. Also many athletics makes many political comments over that matter which makes Beijing like "protest zones".
But at last the atmosphere was very cheerful and stadium was full of cheers and firework was on that makes event like more joyful. After playing National Anthem of China by Army personals, a numbers of gaily dancers acrobats and drummers swirled onto the field, then made room for the athletes, strolling in casually and exuberantly from four different entrances.
China had invested more than $40 Billion to makes world most prestigious game most fabulous and remarkable , especially cheerleaders many person claming that Beijing Olympics cheerleaders much affected with IPL cheerleaders winning feature and what more Olympics telecast achieved record ratings in China and United States.
Some Scenes of Beijing Olympics 2008 Closing ceremony

8:00 PM: When the Chinese watches showed 8:00 , first Chinese National Anthem was played then Fireworks started
8:15 p.m. Hundreds of women swirling in bright yellow dresses with elaborate silver headdresses and necklaces. Armored, Robocop-style men swinging from cables. Lighted bicycles carrying an enormous extra wheel—looks like a combination of a bicycle and unicycle. The most unfortunate fashion moment so far goes to the guys wearing baggy, short-sleeved red jumpsuits that look like they’re made of PVC, with gold breastplates.

8:30 p.m. The flag bearers come out, one representative (plus one security guard) per country, in the same order that they appeared in the opening ceremony (according to the number of strokes in the first character of the country’s name in Chinese). They are followed by the athletes rushing in, mugging for the cameras, taking pictures with their own cameras, free to mix and mingle. Their antics are interspersed with shots of stone-faced cadres in their front row seats.
On a stage in the middle of the field, women drummers are wearing more red plastic jumpsuits and matching biker caps. A boy and a girl sit facing each other, banging away on drum sets.
8:30 p.m. The flag bearers come out, one representative (plus one security guard) per country, in the same order that they appeared in the opening ceremony (according to the number of strokes in the first character of the country’s name in Chinese). They are followed by the athletes rushing in, mugging for the cameras, taking pictures with their own cameras, free to mix and mingle. Their antics are interspersed with shots of stone-faced cadres in their front row seats.
On a stage in the middle of the field, women drummers are wearing more red plastic jumpsuits and matching biker caps. A boy and a girl sit facing each other, banging away on drum sets.
8:45 p.m. Time for the fashion parade.
The Canadians are wearing loud red-and-white shorts. Team China gave up on its tomato-and- scrambed-eggs blazer look in favor of the more casual ceremonial outfits by Adidas. Close up it looks like a noisy crowd but from a distance one can see the chaos is well managed by troops of flag waving attendants.Then we start to hear the familiar medals ceremony music—time for the very last medals, for the men’s marathon, which concluded earlier in the day.Followed by a speech from IOC president Jacques Rogge, who calls these Games “truly exceptional.”

9:00 p.m. Here comes London! The last public England-China handover we know of was back in 1997, when Hong Kong was returned to the motherland. Now we’re moving in reverse, to the tune of “God Save the Queen.” A choir of children sings (or perhaps lip-syncs) the Olympic anthem.
This is accompanied by the Olympic flag being lowered and the entry of Beijing mayor Guo Jinlong and London mayor Boris Johnson. Next comes the ceremonial Olympic flag waving. Guo holds it first, struggling to unfurl the wrapped flag. He passes it to Rogge, who waves it like a man who’s done this many times before. Rogge, in turn, transfers it to Johnson, who seems to struggle with it a bit, attempting to straighten out the fabric of the flag with his hand.

9:15 p.m. The Beijing opening ceremony was so impressive, it makes people wonder how London could possible top it. Now it’s time for a glimpse of the Olympics through the next host’s eyes. A red-double-decker bus, a multi-cultural line (or “queue”) of commuters with newspapers and umbrellas in hand.
The top of the bus unfolds. Is it becoming a tank? No it’s a stage. Inside—Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page, rocking out to “Whole Lotta Love.” The acoustics aren’t great, but it sounds like Lewis is really singing. The “commuters” strike poses below. Looks like we may have a more theatrical, though smaller scale, London opening ceremony to look forward to.
David Beckham pops out of the top of the bus, and he kicks a ball into the crowd below, where a Chinese attendant appears thrilled to pick it up. Beckham is accompanied, oddly enough, by a skimpily-clad violinist (tank top and blue short shorts) and a bass player in basketball gear.

9:25 p.m. Three athletes climb a movable staircase of the type that gets you into an airplane, except there’s no plane in sight. Then we see one circling on the screens that line the inner rim of the Bird’s Nest. They pull out a scroll, and the images above them turn to highlights from each of the Olympics’ 17 days. The Olympic cauldron goes out.

9:30 p.m. The athletes on the stairs have disappeared. Taking their place is a cylindrical tower which more Robocop-suited performers are climbing. It looks like a human pagoda, then fluttering coral, or a jellyfish. Now they look like anemones, then an ant colony. It reminds us of the people power behind the success of the Beijing Games.

9:40 p.m. Another round of impressive fireworks, followed by several singing performances. Taiwanese-American pop star Wang Lee-Hom kicks it off by singing “I Love Beijing” with a group of others.
This is followed by a bilingual duet between Placido Domingo and Chinese singer Song Zuying. We are distracted by the improbable silver lace dress worn by Song. It looks like she’s wearing a chandelier around her neck.
More singing, and worse outfits—a hot pink prom-dress run amok, followed by half a dozen women in flashy Chinese gowns.
9:45 p.m. Men wearing light-up jumpsuits fly overhead. Do they look like airplanes, or runways? The grand finale features singing by the big stars of Cantopop: Jackie Chan (so much more than just kung fu), Andy Lau, Karen Mok.

9:50 p.m. We spot a bit of protest within the crowd of athletes. Several women have written “Softball 2016” on their arms. The camera zooms in for a close-up.

9:55 p.m. Finally Fuwa! They were banned from the opening ceremony, but now the cuddly mascots are making a last minute appearance. The men up on the pagoda are waving little Fuwa dolls around, and then a group of plush mascots come out to dance. Now if only Yang Peiyi and Lin Miaoke would get a second chance to sing together.
That won’t happen here. Instead, there are more fireworks to close it out.
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