While the world ponders the legacy of the Beijing games, the Olympic flag has been handed over to London where the hard work is underway in preparation for the 2012 summer games.

当世界仍然沉浸在对北京奥运会的无穷回味中时，奥运会的会旗已经转交给伦敦·伦敦目前正在紧锣密鼓地为2012年夏季奥运会作准备。

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When the flag is lowered at the closing ceremony, it signals the end of the Games.

在闭幕式上奥林匹克会旗被降下来，这标志着比赛的结束。

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American flag draped over his shoulders, Cejudo ran around the venue crying, in one of the more moving celebrations at the Games.

他身披国旗，在场内边跑边哭，庆祝的方式让人感动。

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"I don't know what happened there but I'm shocked, I'm really shocked, because somehow he really carries the flag of the Paralympic Games and Paralympians, " Eduard Novak, a Romanian para-cyclist who won a gold medal in the London games, said in a phone interview Thursday.

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Meanwhile in Downing Street the official flag of the 2012 Paralympic Games has been raised - replacing the Olympic rings that have been flying over Number 10.

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Its "rainbow run", like the Olympics' torch relay, carries a rainbow flag through many of the games' participating cities.

BBC: The Gay Games VIII in Cologne, Germany