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OLYMPIC TORCH<br />
Nearly every aspect of the Games management, from gathering<br />
and storing participant data, to displaying scores, to organising<br />
activities for the Beijing Organising Committee, depends on<br />
Lenovo hardware.<br />
INTERNET LOUNGES<br />
Lenovo is creating seven Internet Lounges, known as<br />
i.lounges. Six i.lounges will be located in the Olympic<br />
Villages, including:<br />
● International Zone in Beijing (1)<br />
● Residential Zone in Beijing (3)<br />
● Hong Kong (1)<br />
● Qingdao (1)<br />
The i.lounges will re-open for the Paralympic Games. Lenovo will<br />
also build an i.lounge in the Main Press Center with 24<br />
workstations and a fully staffed service desk.<br />
LENOVO CHAMPIONS<br />
Lenovo sponsors athletes from around the world who are training<br />
for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Like Lenovo, these athletes<br />
or “Champions” come from diverse backgrounds, compete on a<br />
global basis and share a passion to win.<br />
Lenovo is a worldwide partner of the Olympic Torch Relay and designer of the Olympic torch, the “Cloud of Promise”.<br />
IOC MARKETING MEDIA GUIDE / 21<br />
For its winning design, the Lenovo Innovation Design Center (IDC) used innovative materials and techniques, including rubberised paint on<br />
the base to provide the sensation of one hand gripping another, a first in Olympic torch design.<br />
Relying on the same process used to engineer Lenovo PCs, more than 30 members of the award-winning IDC worked for 10 months on<br />
the design and technical details of the torch, combining the symbols of Chinese culture with the spirit of the Olympic Games.
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