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Paralympics mascot to be unveiled
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-06 08:31
The mascot of the Beijing Paralympic Games will be unveiled on Wednesday,
the organizers said on Tuesday, one day before the two-year countdown to
the opening of the Paralympics.
The Beijing Olympics organizing committee (BOCOG) kept their mouths
sealed when asked with such questions as the possible number of the
mascots for the Paralympics, which will be lift its curtain here on
September 6, 2008.
"I can't answer any of the questions. I think you will know when you
watch TV tomorrow evening," said vice president of the��BOCOG Tang
Xiaoquan, who is also the executive president of the national Paralympic
Committee of China.
The mascot is expected to make its debut on Wednesday in a grand ceremony
at the foot of the Badaling section of the Great Wall in north Beijing.
"I hope to bring people to more knowledge of the Paralympics through
these activities such as launching the mascot," said Tang.
"Everyone knows something about the Beijing Olympics, but for the
Paralympics, many even do not know there is one."
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