I love random trivia. Here’s some about the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing:
- 11,000 athletes and 204 nations with 87 of them never having a medal winner will partake in the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 15,000 performers took part
- Dancers trained for eight months
Film maker, Zhang Yimou choreographed all the performances
- 91,000 spectators
- This was the most expensive Opening Ceremonies to date and ten times more expensive than the Opening Ceremonies at Athens
- 92% of revenue generated goes towards the staging of the Olympic Games
- This is the first Opening Ceremonies to be live “tweeted“
- Beijing is the largest country to ever host the Olympics
- Ralph Lauren designed the outfits American athletes wore during the ceremonies
- Judo athlete, Ricardo Blas from Guam is the largest Olympic athlete to date at six feet tall and 399 pounds
Check out great pictures of the Opening Ceremonies courtesy of The Big Picture.
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