Construction at the Olympic Village began in June 2005. (ATR/B.Smith)Olympic Village Tour
The Beijing Olympic Village opens on Mar. 5 for a media tour. On an afternoon trip, journalists will get their first chance to look around the residential area on the Olympic Green. The tour will be prefaced by a briefing on construction, planning and operation at the Beijing Olympic Media Centre.
When the Village is operational, it will house an airport check-in counter, a commercial street lined with shops run by BOCOG partners, 16,000 athletes and officials during the Olympics, and 6,200 during the Paralympics.
Beijing Briefs…
More than 3,000 jade rings are en route to the Shanghai mint to be set into 2008 Olympic medals, More than 3,000 Olympic medals will be made for the Beijing Games. (Getty Images)Chinese media report. The white, light green and green rings – 1,010 of each – will decorate the back of the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. The jade comes from Kunlun Mountain in Qinghai province in western China.
Basketball star Yao Ming went into surgery on Mar. 3 to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. He is recovering well, according to a press release from his doctors and will undergo "aggressive rehabilitation" as soon as he is ready. The center will miss the rest of the pro season in the U.S., but it is not clear if he will recover in time to represent China in the Olympics.
Find the Lost Ring – a so-called alternate-reality game – began this week, challenging players to save the world by the end of the 2008 Games. Known as ARGs, these games consist of a series of online and offline puzzles set in a complex story. Players often must work together to solve them. Many known ARG players received a mysterious package on Mar. 3 containing a facsimile 1920 Olympic poster and some clues to the Olympic-themed puzzle. The sender was T.L. Ring, 1920 Olympic Way, San Francisco, CA – a fictitious address. Anyone can play at http://www.findthelostring.com.
Written by Maggie Lee
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