The next stage of preparations for the Games begins in earnest later in the day when the first heats of the world junior rowing championships take place at the Shunyi venue.
This is the first of 26 Olympic test events taking place this year.
Left: Chinese basketball star Yao Ming (left) and Olympic champion Liu Xiang shake hands during an activity held by Coca-Cola China to mark the upcoming one-year countdown ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games at the National Olympic Sports Center in Beijing on Tuesday.
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