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Photo Galleries: Beijing Summer Games


Robert Gauthier • Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
Festivities at the National Stadium draw the 2008 Beijing Summer Games to a close.
PHOTO GALLERY: CLOSING CEREMONY

Photo Galleries: Beijing Summer Games

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    The Beijing Summer Games: closing ceremony

    The Beijing Summer Games: closing ceremony

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 16

    2008 Beijing Games Day 16

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games: Day 15

    2008 Beijing Games: Day 15

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 14

    2008 Beijing Games Day 14

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 13

    2008 Beijing Games Day 13

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 12

    2008 Beijing Games Day 12

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 11

    2008 Beijing Games Day 11

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 10

    2008 Beijing Games Day 10

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 9

    2008 Beijing Games Day 9

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 8

    2008 Beijing Games Day 8

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 7

    2008 Beijing Games Day 7

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 6

    2008 Beijing Games Day 6

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 5

    2008 Beijing Games Day 5

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 4

    2008 Beijing Games Day 4

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 3

    2008 Beijing Games Day 3

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 2

    2008 Beijing Games Day 2

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Day 1

    2008 Beijing Games Day 1

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games opening ceremony

    2008 Beijing Games opening ceremony

    The power and precision of a rising China are on display with 14,000 performers and hundreds of athletes.

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Gymnastics

    2008 Beijing Gymnastics

     
     
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    Olympics fashion

    Olympics fashion

    The Olympic teams sport touches of home as they open the Games -- Americans in blue blazers, preppy British, bereted French in sublime jackets. Most athletes look sleek, but a few outfits stumble.

     
     
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    Team USA: Portraits of Olympic dreams







    Team USA:
    Portraits of Olympic dreams

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Basketball

    2008 Beijing Games Basketball

     
     
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    2008 Beijing Games Swimming

    2008 Beijing Games Swimming

     
     
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    Countdown to the Games

    Countdown to the Games

    As the opening ceremony draws near, athletes go through their last minute preparations for the Olympics.
    Los Angeles Times

     
     
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    Olympic legacy: Stars of Los Angeles, 1984

    Olympic legacy: Stars of Los Angeles, 1984

    Rafer Johnson, Carl Lewis and Mary Lou Retton are just some of the memorable photographs of athletes from the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
    Los Angeles Times

     
     
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    U.S. men's gymnastics team

    U.S. men's gymnastics team

    With reigning Olympic all-around champion Paul Hamm unable to compete, Jonathan Horton, who finished fourth in the all-around competition at the 2007 world championships, is America's top medal hopeful.
    US Presswire

     
     
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    Profiles of Southern California athletes

    Profiles of Southern California athletes

     
     
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    Mary Lou Retton through the years

    Mary Lou Retton through the years

     
     
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    Michael Phelps through the years

    Michael Phelps through the years

     
     
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    Carly Patterson through the years

    Carly Patterson through the years

     
     
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