Omega at the Olympics
This years Beijing Olympics are spectacular and Omega is taking a big part of it!
At the Opening Ceremony, Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek, OMEGA President Stephen Urquhart, and OMEGA Olympic Manager Christophe Berthaud were joined by Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, Tu Mingde, the Assistant to the President of the Beijing Olympic Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) and Gerhard Heiberg, head of the IOC’s Marketing Commission.
Adding to the lustre of the event were four OMEGA brand ambassadors with dazzling Olympic credentials. Olympic multiple gold medallists Ian Thorpe and Alexander Popov were joined on stage by speedskater Yang Yang, the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal at a Winter Olympic Games and shooter Xu Mai Feng who was the first Chinese gold medallist at a Summer Olympic Games.
Rogge commented on the IOC’s long relationship with OMEGA, saying, “Our partnership began in 1932 with the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and the IOC has since come to rely on the unquestionable competence, enduring commitment and assured performance of its official timekeeper.”
Hayek talked about some of OMEGA’s highlights at recent Games and said that he and his colleagues were looking forward to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games which, he believes, will be among the best ever.
We would love to see what Movado has in store.
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