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Article: More than 4,200 athletes to compete at Beijing Paralympics
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 23, 2008
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More than 4,200 athletes to compete at Beijing Paralympics
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- More than 4,200 athletes from 148
countries and regions will attend the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, said
Tang Xiaoquan, executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing
Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) here on Sunday.
In addition, more than 2,500 referees and more than 4,000
journalists and media technicians will gather in Beijing for the
event, said Tang at a press conference. She added that there will
also be 30,000 volunteers working for the games.
She said Beijing has made five of its sports venues including the
National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, to reach the world's level in
terms of ...
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