03.10.08
Village reflects China’s growth
Athletes coming to this summer’s Olympics will eat in a cafeteria big enough to seat 5,000, will enjoy showers heated by a modern solar power system and can worship in a new prayer center designed to accommodate the world’s most popular religions.
Those are some of the marquee features of the Beijing Olympic Village, prospective home to 16,000 athletes and officials when they attend the Olympic Games in the Chinese capital in August.
During a preview Wednesday of the nearly completed village, organizers allowed hundreds of reporters to peek inside two minimally furnished but stylish apartments to show how six to eight athletes will share the three- and four-bedroom suites.
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