Beijing 2008 Olympic Medals Unveiled !
Celebrity NewsThe medals for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad – Beijing 2008 – have been unveiled to the world on the occasion of the 500-day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Games, during a ceremony held at the Capital Museum in Beijing by The Beijing Organising Committee for the Games (BOCOG) .
For Beijing 2008 Olympic, the winners will receive unique metal-jade combined medals with traditional Chinese characteristics.The front of the 70mm-diameter medals follows the standard design set by the International Olympic Committee, while the back is inlaid with ‘bi’, a Chinese traditional flat jade disc with a circular hole in the centre, and includes a metal centre-piece engraved with the Beijing Olympic emblem.
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