As the clock ticks down to the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, two scholars look back at the stories surrounding Olympic stadiums around the world, from the Berlin facility that survived the bombings of World War II to Athens' sky-high infrastructure costs in 2004. Download the slide show's audio in MP3 format Flash version requires Flash Player Produced by: Candace Nuzzo
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London 2012
London outbid nine other cities -- including Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris -- to host the 2012 Olympic Games, which will make it the only city to have hosted the modern Games three times.
Speaking: David Wallechinsky Photo Credit: Michael Pead, Wikimedia Commons, Audio Credit: Candace Nuzzo
