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 | Morning swimming finals set for Beijing(newsphoto)Updated: 2006-10-27 13:25
   
 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive President Felli Gibert 
(L) talks with the coordination commission chairman VerBruggen Hein at the 
press conference.The swimming finals and much of the gymnastics at the 2008 
Beijing Olympics will be held in the morning in order to satisfy the needs of 
host broadcaster NBC who paid U.S.$3.55 billion for rights to the 2000-2008 
Games, says IOC Ocotober 26,2006. The competition schedule had finally been 
agreed by the IOC's executive board "after a thorough consultation 
process",according to Hein.[newsphoto]   
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