The London Olympic Committee started preparations for the games shortly after winning its bid for the 2012 Olympics.

在赢得2012年奥运会主办权不久之后，伦敦奥组委就开始为比赛做准备了。

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The UAE will send a team of eight athletes to Beijing Olympics, which is the largest delegation sent by the Gulf country to the Olympic Games.

地处海湾地区的阿联酋将派出八名运动员参加本届北京奥运会，这是阿联酋历史上派出的最大的奥运体育代表团。

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It's a full demonstration of the spirit and ideal of the Olympic Games, and also an important reflection of Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics.

它是奥林匹克精神和理想的充分展示，也是北京奥运会绿色奥运、科技奥运、人文奥运理念的重要体现。

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(OMITTED) "He felt that the more countries that we can get involved participating in the Olympic games helped to meet the mission of the Olympics, which is to bring people together from all parts of the world to improve relations and to make the world a healthier place."

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The Swatch Group brand, Omega, is the official timekeeper for the Olympics, which meant that the company had major marketing expenses during the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.

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Pacific Time on Friday, the day of the Opening Ceremony, Twitter says the volume of tweets mentioning the Olympics surpassed the cumulative number of such tweets posted during the entire span of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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If the Olympics seem to be too attentive to the broadcasters, the Olympic Games could start to feel like professional wrestling or the XFL. For a short time NBC did well televising the violent football games geared completely towards television's lowest common denominator.

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