
"There were some truly exceptional Games," said the chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge during the closing of the Games, a new deployment of lights, colors and sounds.
Beijing passed the baton to London, which hosts the next edition, in a ceremony at which Rogge was terminated 16 days of competition, which were closed on Sunday with a final Olympic basketball myocardial between the U.S. and Spain.
With a brilliant Kobe Bryant, the Americans realized the world champion and recovered a presea in Athens-2004 he resisted and took Argentina, which in this day Sunday had to settle for bronze after imposed by 87-75 to Lithuania.