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"The Luge World Championships offer Henkel a great opportunity to be
associated with a major international sporting event, further demonstrating
the depth and international reach of the Henkel brand," said John Knudson,
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Olympic Organizers and adidas-Salomon AG announced today that adidas will be
the Official Sportswear Partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Under the
agreement, adidas will supply sportswear for all staff, volunteers and
technical officials of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the Beijing 2008
Paralympic Games.

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medal podiums which signified victory.
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Dick Fosbury, Nadia Comaneci and Haile Gebrselassie marked milestones in
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FirstCall/ -- Henkel in North America announced today its sponsorship of the
38th Luge World Championships.S.henkel. "In the context of the rapid growth and continuous expansion of the
Chinese sports market, we believe adidas, by sponsoring the Beijing 2008
Olympic Games , will make greater contributions to the Olympic Movement and to
China's sports as well as create larger room for its own development and a
better prospect. We'll be successful!" said Xian Dongmei , Gold Medalist of Women's 52kg
Class Judo at the Athens Olympic Games.

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"adidas is proud and honored to play a major part when the world's biggest
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the world's biggest country, China. Sandrine Zerbib, Head of adidas Greater China Area, signed
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Joined by more than 250 media and guests, Liu Jingmin, Vice Mayor of
Beijing and BOCOG Executive Vice-President, Wang Wei, BOCOG Executive
Vice-President, Mr. Chinese gold medalists
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again in 2008. Ever
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significant luge event outside the Olympic Games, and the last big competition
before the 2006 winter games in Torino, Italy.

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competition. "All of us in China put our hearts in the Beijing 2008 Olympic
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Pacific, and Ms. By outfitting 22 National Olympic
Committees, adidas secured its position as the true Olympic brand in Athens
and was the brand of choice of nearly 50% of the athletes at the 2004 Olympic
Games.

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Henkel's sponsorship efforts will be seen widely around the world,
including in its native Germany where the Championships will be broadcast on
the German TV network ARD., the event will be aired on The SPEED
Channel . adidas will also outfit the Chinese Olympic teams for the
Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. In addition, we are excited to support the
Chinese Olympic team in its mission to deliver outstanding Olympic performance
on home soil," said adidas-Salomon CEO Herbert Hainer.

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"As one of the major important sponsors, adidas has always paid
enthusiastic attention and rendered active support to the development of
China's sports," Wang Wei, Executive Vice-President of the Beijing Organizing
Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), said at the signing
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The competition features the best luge
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The Beijing 2008
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adidas' Olympic tradition goes back to 1928, when adidas founder Adi
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Olympic greats and successful athletes like Haile Gebrselassie, Nadia
Comaneci, Maurice Greene , Justine Henin-Hardenne, and Ian Thorpe all sent in
their best regards for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.press.adidas.

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Luge is the Fastest Sport on Ice(R) with speeds over 90 miles per hour and
competitors racing to the single-thousandth of a second.usaluge.bm. At the same time, the Beijing
2008 Olympic Games provide us with a unique platform to build the adidas brand
image and business in China and the whole of Asia. We are looking forward to the friendly and reciprocal
co-operation with adidas," Wang added.
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