Interesting Facts

David Beckham will take part in the Olympic flag ceremony at the closing ceremony in Beijing. (He will appear alongside Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, London-born singer Leona Lewis, dancers from the Royal Opera House and (drum roll) Boris Johnson - the newly elected Mayor of London. Luckily sportsmen and women from previous Olympic Games will also appear, which to me is much more meaningful.)

The official Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games. (It was created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914. The flag consists of five interconnected rings on a white background. Each ring symbolizes the five significant continents, Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Each ring is interconnected to symbolize friendship. The rings, from left to right, are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. These colours were chosen because at least one of them appeared on the flag of every country in the world.)