The opening of the Xindiancun Lu, the western extension of Xindiancun Lu and the flyover of Huixin Xijie offered better conditions for the further construction of Olympic venues and roads around them. All the three items are designed construction projects for the Games.

Mass Olympic participation

Hundreds of villagers in Nanqi Village in Changping District in Beijing hosted a marathon on Sunday, as part of their "Mass Marathon Championship to Welcome the Olympic Games."

Starting from the village's Experimental Primary School, the participants ranging from those in their 50s and the teens ran along the local highway in Qijia Township to the cheers of bystanders.

In Renhe Township of Shunyi District, more than 20,000 villagers have taken up daily physical exercises, in their bid to keep "In Step with the Olympic Games."

Press group leader visits

Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice-president of BOCOG met visiting President of the International Sports Press Association (ISPA) Gianni Merlo on Tuesday in Beijing.

They exchanged views on the preparatory work for the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2008 ISPA Congress.

The ISPA was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. Its legal seat will move to Lausanne, Switzerland this September.

(China Daily 07/07/2006 page5)


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