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Domino attracts Beijing college students
(BOCOG)
Updated: 2006-06-14 09:59

Twenty teams from Beijing's higher learning institutions ended their fierce domino competitions over the weekend, featuring youngsters' passion and talent in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games.

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Slogans arranged with dominoes.[BOCOG]

Launched in April, the games displayed the meticulous formation, innovation and volunteering of participants, who integrated the Olympic concepts into domino arrangements while carrying out the team spirit.

Seven teams from Tsinghua and other famous universities stood out and entered into the finals on June 10 and 11 at Remin University of China. A prize-giving ceremony will be held on July 13, the fifth anniversary of Beijing's win of the right to host the 2008 Games.

The domino games, the first of its kind in Beijing, were organized by the coordination group for the volunteers' work of the Beijing Olympic Games, the Beijing youth organization, Beijing Science and Technology Association and Beijing Youth Daily newspaper.


Dominoes arranged atop a section of simulated Great Wall.[BOCOG]


A student player carefully checks details befrore game starts.[BOCOG]


A player tests her format.[BOCOG]