The end of Beijing Olympic

Posted on August 24, 2008
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The Beijing Summer Olympic 2008 has come to an end. The closing ceremony that was superb and much await by millions of spectators around the globe was ended on August 24th, 2008. There were 302 gold medals handed on this occasion and Kabonfootprint is proud that Indonesia got one of them. A tradition that we kept to get Gold in the Olympic games.

There were many achievements made by some the world’s greatest athletes. Record was made and all the hard work have paid off. One of the best quote from LeBron James (Team USA) was:

“It means everything to me. We’re the number one team. We’ve been so blessed with this opportunity. It’s so rewarding to see your hard work pay off.”

The spirit of the Olympic goes with us, although we could not make it in person to go to Beijing.

Highlights of Beijing Olympic

So far Kabonfootprint have noted some highlights that brings so much joy such as the Indonesian badminton team retain the tradition with a gold medal. Also the US men basketball team got back their “dream” and reclaimed the Gold after beating Spain.

The aqua man, Michael Phelps makes a remarkable 8 Olympic gold in the pool. Where 7 out of them he made a victory with a world record. Yet he could still come again stronger in 2012.

Bolt that runs like lightning and shines in the athletics. Also the first ever Gold for Spain in tennis. While the China swept clean the medals in table tennis.

In the most favorite game, Argentina defended their Olympic gold after defeated Nigeria 1 - 0 in the final. They are now the fourth Olympic defending champion to win a second straight title. With Brazil getting the Bronze medal.

Final Standing

So after more than 2 weeks competing, the final medal standing are as follow:

  1. China, 51 Gold, 21 Silver, 28 Bronze
  2. USA, 36 Gold, 38 Silver, 36 Bronze
  3. Russia, 23 Gold, 21 Silver, 28 Bronze
  4. Great Britain, 19 Gold, 13 Silver, 15 Bronze
  5. Germany, 16 Gold, 10 Silver, 15 Bronze

While Indonesia manage to get 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze. Congratulations :)

See you in 2012

Now after the closing ceremony we all are looking forward to see the 2012 London Olympic. Kabonfootprint would love to see another gold won by Indonesia. Hope that all preparation and venue be as great as it was in Beijing 2008 from the start until the end.

Comments

One Response to “The end of Beijing Olympic”

  1. wedjog on August 28th, 2008 11:51 am

    can wait for the 2012, especially with the controversial logo

    congratz to indonesia for the gold in the independence day

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