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2014 Beijing International Sports Film Week opened here on Tuesday, featuring nearly 60 sports films at home and abroad to be shown during the festival.

During the seven days, a series of activities will be carried out in Beijing to let the public enjoy the sports by films, including the sports film exhibitions, sports culture exhibition, film salons, and the selection of Chinese films to attend the 32nd International Festival of Sport Movies and TV in Milan.

Film and sports lovers in Beijing can watch nearly sixty sports films from 11 countries and districts of the world, which tell the inspiring stories of sports, such as skating, rock climbing, motorcycle racing, track and field, according to the organizer Beijing Olympic City Development Association.

To support China to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the organizer also designed to show more films of "ice skating and skiing" and will also invite some coaches and sportsmen to communicate with the public.

All the tickets will be sold on the Internet at favourable prices.

Established in 2005, Beijing International Sports Film Week is an international sports film exhibition event since it became one of the important Olympic cultural activity during Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.