At the 1928 9th Amsterdam Olympic Games, for the first time in the Olympic history, athletes were required to march into the Olympic stadium in a pre-ordained order.
The National Stadium in Beijing, the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, is dubbed the "bird's nest" because of its innovative grid formation. The twig-like structural elements and the bowl-shaped roof are the masterpiece of the project, yet they pose great challenges to technicians and workers who need to make the building stand on its own feet
The International Olympic Truce Foundation decided in Lausanne on Friday that the 2007 Olympic Truce conference will be held at ancient Olympia, Greece's semi-official news agency ANA-MPA said.
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