IOC officials impressed with venue construction
(Xinhua )
Updated: 2006-05-17 09:10
International Olympic Committee officials gave thumbs-up to Beijing's
preparations for the 2008 Games as they started a three-day inspection
tour.
Commission chairman Hein Verbruggen (2nd,
right) visits the National Indoor Stadium.[BOCOG] |
"The progress is fantastic and we can say that no time is lost, " said Hein
Verbrugeen, president of the IOC's coordination commission for the 2008 Games.
Verbruggen said he was marveled at what he saw on a tour of the construction
sites of venues for the 2008 Games, including the showpiece main stadium, which
is known as "Bird's Nest" for its giant latticework structure of metal girders,
and the "Water Cube" aquatics center.
"Looking at the 'Bird's Nest', I believe that this will be a future icon of
Beijing as the Opera is in Sydney," he said.
"It is an incredible construction. I'm sure that it will go to history as the
icon of your beautiful city next to the Forbidden City."
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