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XII - Use Images of the Games, Athletes, and Olympic Emblem
on Olympic Coins is the Elemental Embodiment of ¡°Olympic Attributes¡± |
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Beijing 2008 Olympic games has
28 fixed games, among them, diving, weight lifting, table tennis,
gymnastics,
shooting, badminton, foot race, and swimming are strong points
of Chinese athletes. Shooting has gained the
first gold medal for China; table tennis and badminton created
a series of splendor for China in world¡¯s sports
history; the raising of swimming, gymnastics, and diving established
China¡¯s status as a great power of sports
in the world. Through painstaking efforts of Chinese athletes,
China gained 28 gold coins as the number 3 in the
2000 Sydney Olympic games, which showcased China¡¯s sports revival
to the world.
China has issued several sets of commemorative coins under the
theme of Olympics, such as: the commemorative
gold, silver, and copper coins for the 13th Winter Olympic Games;
the commemorative silver coins for the 23rd
Summer Olympic Games; the gold and silver commemorative coins
for the 26th Summer Olympic Games.
Commemorative coins of this sort has the characteristic depiction
of strong and vigorous athletes; give
prominence to the competitiveness of Olympic games is a theme
being reflected on the coins all the time. Same
as the games, the emblem, the Olympic rings, and the Olympic
flame should also be reflected on Olympic coins as
elemental attributes of Olympics. |
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