Olympic medals handed over to organizers

Agencies/Xinhua
Updated: 2008-07-03 16:14

 

Vice President of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) Jiang Xiaoyu (R) receives the Olympic medals from BHP Billiton China President Clinton Dines at an official handing-over ceremony in Beijing July 3, 2008. The Beijing organisers took possession of the 6,000 medals for the Olympics and Paralympics in a ceremony near Tiananmen Square on Thursday, 36 days before the start of the Games. [Agencies]