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| July 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From China Daily)

The 2008 Olympic Games will start two weeks later than planned, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced.

Beijing organizers have welcomed the decision to set new dates for the world's most prestigious sports meet, following a report by Olympic Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli to the IOC's Executive Board on Sunday in Prague in the Czech Republic.

"The adjustment of the Games dates will mean better climatic conditions for athletes," said an official statement yesterday from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).

The statement said the decision will guarantee a…

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