08.08.08 Opening of XXIX Olympic In Beijing

Fireworks go off during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Vladimir Rys/Getty Images)

Dancers perfromences. (Photo by Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Fireworks go off during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

Basketball player Yao Ming of the People's Republic of China carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)

Liu Qi, President of BOCOG, addresses the crowd during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

The Olympic flag bearers Xielin Zhang, Duo Pan, Fengrong Zheng, Yang Yang, Ling Yang, Xiangxiong Mu, Ni Xiong, Lingwei Li carry the flag into the stadium. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Members of the Chinese military march to to the flag pole to raise the Olympic flag. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

Members of the Chinese military raise the Olympic flag next the China flag. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

The Olympic flag and the Chinese national flag flying side by side at the National Stadium. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Athletes stand in the center of the stadium during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Hu Jintao, President of China, is seen on a screen as he speaks during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium. (Photo by Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Fireworks explode over the National Stadium during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Li Ning, former Olympic gymnast for China flys through the air on his way to lighting the Olympic Flame. (Photo by Getty Images)

The Olympic Flame is lit during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Fireworks go off as the Olympic flame is lit by Li Ning, former Olympic gymnast for China. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

The Olympic flame burns a top the stadium during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

The Olympic flame is seen during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

The Olympic flame burns a top the stadium during the Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

The Olympic Flame is lit during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium from August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)