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Liu Qi opens Qingdao International Regatta
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-21 11:26
Liu Qi, President of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG), pressed a boat siren to open the 2006 Qingdao International Regatta on Sunday.
Boats float on a bay during a display of fireworks during the opening ceremony of the 2006 Qingdao International Regatta sailing competition in Qingdao, China's eastern province of Shandong, August 20, 2006.[Retuers] |
During the opening ceremony, teams from 41 countries and regions walked in turns onto the stage inside a tent temporarily established for the regatta.
Qingdao, a port city in east China's Shandong province, will be the venue for the sailing competition for the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2008 Paralymic Games.
The regatta, the first test event for the sailing events of the 2008 Olympic Games, runs from August 21 to 31 and features 11 events of nine classes.
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