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Best Games of My Life: Samaranch
MEXICO CITY -- Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samaranch said that the 29th Olympic Games of Beijing was the best one of his life.
International Olympic Committee honorary president Juan Antonio Samaranch attends the men's basketball gold medal match Spain against The US of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 24, 2008 at the Olympic basketball Arena in Beijing. [Agencies]
"I have attended many Olympic Games since Helsinki 1952, Finland and the ones of Beijing 2008 have been the best I have ever seen," Samaranch said as quoted by Mexican daily El Sol de Mexico on Monday.
Successful Olympic Games need three things: good organization and facilities, a good local sports delegation, and people's enthusiasm, and China fulfilled all of them, Samaranch said.
China achieved "good organization and facilities and it has presented to the world the best stadium and swimming pool of the world," Samaranch said.
"China achieved very good results. They are the first at the gold medal table," Samaranch said.
And the enthusiasm of the Chinese people was seen on the thousands volunteers who participated during Beijing 2008.
Samaranch also said that the Olympic Games of London 2012 will be different, they "will have their own personality", so there is not a point to compare London 2012 with Beijing 2008
China put on an extravagant farewell to the Olympics last night, while David Beckham, the world's most famous soccer player, kicked a ball to start the countdown to London 2012.
Launching a huge party to wrap up the greatest sporting show on earth, thousands of athletes poured in from all four corners of the stadium, blowing kisses and waving flags.
The towering figure of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming was seen grinning from ear to ear.
Soccer player David Beckham (R) kicks a soccer ball during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium August 24, 2008. [Agencies]
Two giant drums were hoisted into the sky, with two pairs of suspended drummers thumping out a hypnotic beat.
The stadium was turned into a kaleidoscope of glittering colors, as about 200 acrobats took giant leaps and somersaulted across a stage on spring-heeled stilts.
There were speeches from Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organising Committee, and International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, the latter officially declaring the Beijing Games to be over.
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium August 24, 2008. [Agencies]
Rogge and Guo Jinlong, the mayor of Beijing, then handed over the Olympic Flag to Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, host city of the next Olympics in 2012.
It heralded the start of an eight-minute segment for London organizers to showcase the 2012 Games, with a red London bus driven into the stadium.
Singer Leona Lewis and former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page emerged as the bus transformed into a grass-covered carnival float, and the pair combined for a rendition of "Whole Lotta Love".
The biggest star turn came when a grinning Beckham kicked the ball off the top of the bus into the hands of a delighted Games volunteer.
The Olympic flame was then extinguished but the carnival continued in the night with songs and dances.
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