Best Games of my life: Samaranch

Source: Xinhua | 08-26-2008 10:26

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samaranch said that the 29th Olympic Games of Beijing was the best one of his life.

Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)  Juan Antonio Samaranch (3rd R) poses with students of the  affiliated high school of the Central Academy of Art and Design  in Beijing, China, Aug. 24, 2008. The students of the school  gave their artworks including paper cuttings and paintings as  gifts to Samaranch during his visit to the school on Sunday.  (Xinhua/Zhou Liang)

"I have attended many Olympic Games since Helsinki 1952, Finland and the ones of Beijing 2008 have been the best I have ever seen," Samaranch said as quoted by Mexican daily El Sol de Mexico on Monday.

Successful Olympic Games need three things: good organization and facilities, a good local sports delegation, and people's enthusiasm, and China fulfilled all of them, Samaranch said.