International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive President Felli Gibert,coordination commission chairman VerBruggen Hein, Executive Vice-President of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)Jiang Xiaoyu (from left to right)attend the press conference.The swimming finals and much of the gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be held in the morning in order to satisfy the needs of host broadcaster NBC who paid U.S.$3.55 billion for rights to the 2000-2008 Games, says IOC Ocotober 26,2006. The competition schedule had finally been agreed by the IOC's executive board "after a thorough consultation process",according to Hein.[newsphoto]
