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New Madrid Olympic logo unveiled
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-26 11:51
MADRID -- Madrid's mayor, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, on Tuesday presented the planned logo for the capital city's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games: a design which must now be approved by the Spanish and the international Olympic Committees.
In this handout photo provided by Madrid 16, the mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon（L), and the president of 'Madrid 16' the Madrid Olympic organizing committee, Mercedes Coghen, pose by the winning logo for the 2016 Olympics in Madrid, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. [AP] |
A committee of experts chose the design: the work of Spanish-Argentine graphic designer Joaquin Mallo, after Madrid citizens had first chosen the top three designs from an initial nine available.
The logo -- a hand with each finger painted differently -- is intended as a symbol of unity representing all the people, nationalities, races and cultures that coexist in Madrid.
The hand has "a friendly personality. It is a welcoming hand," the mayor said, using both the Olympic colors and representing the idea of Madrid as multicultural.
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