Beijing '08: Live the Olympics

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Lasting Images

The Beijing Olympics delivered a full cast of memorable moments and didn't skimp on amazing photography, either. Check out the top 12 images of the Games.

The Day in Pictures

View the best photos from each day of the 2008 Beijing Games

Michael Phelps' Medals

Check out which all-time records he does and doesn't own

Goodbye Beijing

As many of the city’s guests leave Beijing, the atmosphere here is quieter. I almost want to say somber, but just as these Games never quite reached the level of all-encompassing national celebration that some Olympic Games have in the past, one is now not aware of that huge letdown that sometimes follows a celebration. Then again, that greyness of feeling may be due to the fact that today is a cloudy, somewhat smoggy day. The Games did, however, end on a perfect, proud and patriotic note.