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400-day to go: 10 lucky Olympic families announced

Rogge greets the 10 lucky families selected to tour Beijing

With only 400 days to go before the start of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the winners of the "Olympic Families Tour Beijing" were announced on July 4, 2007. International Olympic Committee President Mr. Jacques Rogge sent a special a message for the families selected to tour the Olympic cities. The 10 lucky families - five from China and five worldwide - will be invited to begin their once-in-a-lifetime Olympic adventure touring Beijing and other Olympic cities at the one-year countdown to the Games next month.[Full story]

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Key milestones

Apr. 9 -- Launching ceremony"China Mobile with You--Olympic Families Tour Beijing" campaign launched. [Full story]

May 31 -- 100 candidate families short-listedThe first phase expired and 100 candidate families short-listed. [Full story]

Jun. 1 -- Candidate families announcedThe official website unveiled the candidate families namelist. [Full story]

Jun. 4 -- The 2nd phase initiatedThe final stage of the "Olympic Families Tour Beijing" campaign started. [Full story]

Jun. 14 -- "Olympic Planet" highlighted the webpage To push forward the campaign, a new page titled "the Olympic Planet" lanunched. [Full story]

Jul. 4 --10 lucky Olympic families announced Ten families were selected finally. [Full story]

Olympic Family -- BOCHAMDQ

Family ID -- BOCHAMDQWe would like to represent our country, Argentina, and the S. American countries in Beijing with other families all over the world. As an athlete trains hard for an important competition, we are training really hard to get through this unforgetable experience of travelling to China. More>>

Olympic Family -- gotobeijing

Family ID -- gotobeijingWe have had a desire to be a part of the Beijing Olympic Games for over three years. We have been trying to find a way to get to China for the Olympics and get tickets to the events. More>>

Olympic Family -- go Hong Kong

Family ID -- go Hong KongOur dream is to visit Beijing! Since the inception of the World Equestrian Games in 1990, I attended 4 World Equestrian Games with my husband and other family members. More>>

Olympic Family -- Greenlink

Family ID -- GreenlinkWhat is your family's understanding of "Olympic"? For us Olympic means a peaceful and harmony get-together of all nations of the world. Not only a get-together of the athletes, but the fellow countrymen as well. More>>

Olympic Family -- USA 1776

Family ID -- USA 1776The Bari family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania looks forward to hopefully attending the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. My wife and I first fell in love with the Olympic Movement at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. More>>