Spectacular end to Olympic games
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on August 24, 2008
A salvo of fireworks and a lavish ceremony in China’s Bird’s Nest stadium have brought an end to the Olympic games in Beijing.
Sixteen days of sporting events drew to a close on Sunday and the Olympic flag was officially passed to London, the British capital, where the next Olympic games will be held in 2012.
The stadium was turned into a kaleidoscope of glittering colours with 200 acrobats taking giant leaps and somersaulting across a stage on spring-heeled stilts.
Two giant drums were hoisted into the sky with two pairs of suspended drummers thumping out a hypnotic beat.
Thousands of athletes poured in from all four corners of the stadium, blowing kisses and waving flags.
The handover to London was worked into the ceremony, with David Beckham, the UK football star, kicking a football from a red double decker bus that unfolded into a silhouette of London.
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