For the African continent, Bruno Julie in boxing and Benjamin Boukpeti in canoe/kayak offered Mauritius and Togo respectively their first Olympic medals, while Panama took its first gold medal in athletics. Badar-Uugan Enkhbat in boxing and Tuvshinbayar Naidan in judo were the first athletes from Mongolia to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games just like Bahrain with Rachid Ramzy in athletics. However, Mongolia and Panama managed to go one better with their athletes bringing home their country’s first Olympic gold. Tajikistan won its first medals thanks to Rasul Boqiev in judo and Yusup Abdusalomov in wrestling Afghanistan stepped up on to the podium thanks to Rohullah Nikpai in taekwondo. Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Mauritius and Togo all experienced podium finishes for the first time.
Some 87 of them celebrated their medal-winning athletes. First MedalsĪ record 204 National Olympic Committees took part in the Games. Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Legacyĭiscover the lasting legacy that this edition of the Olympic Games created for its hosts. In cycling, the road race followed the Great Wall and passed in front of the “Forbidden City”-two symbols of the thousand-year-old history of the city. The National Stadium, nick-named the “Bird’s Nest”, and the National Swimming Centre, known as the “Water Cube”, were both stunning symbols of the new Beijing.
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Several hundred million watched worldwide on TV as more than 40 world records and over 130 Olympic records were broken. The Opening Ceremony was unforgettable the athletes’ achievements were astonishing, the organisation was excellent the venues, breathtaking and the anti-doping tests were stricter. Beijing was the Games of records and superlatives.
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