{"id":36,"date":"2008-08-24T10:29:11","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearnca.com\/blog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2019-11-17T11:16:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T15:16:54","slug":"2008-beijing-summer-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elearnca.com\/blog\/2008-beijing-summer-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

What it’s like saying goodbye here at the closing ceremony<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

\n<\/span>By Alan Abrahamson<\/span><\/h5>\n

BEIJING — Several minutes of massive fireworks. A frenzy of dancing and flag-waving around and on the memory tower.<\/p>\n

And it’s over.<\/p>\n

The ceremony is over. The 2008 Beijing Olympics are over.<\/p>\n

“Good night, everyone,” the announcer says over the big speakers.<\/p>\n

Hard to believe. I was there in Moscow in 2001 when China was awarded these Games.<\/p>\n

It has been an incredible ride.<\/p>\n

I will, of course, be glad to be back home in California. But, truly, I will be sad to leave Beijing and China. At the risk of repetition: it has been a privilege to be a part of chronicling these “truly exceptional” Olympics. We are not likely to see another quite like them. Click here<\/a> to read the rest of this article.<\/p>\n

2008 Olympics<\/a> Video Coverage at NBC Olympics.com!<\/div>\n

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