Official Olympic Games Beijing 2008 Ad No.1

Here you can watch the first in a series of official 2008 Beijing Olympic Games TV commercials, starring sportsmen and women from around the world including Roger Federer, Yao Ming, Yelenea Isinbayeva, Heile Gebrselassie, Liu Xiang, Vanessa Ferrari and Laure Manaudou.

Press release:
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Chinese sport superstars Yao Ming and Liu Xiang feature as superheroes in a commercial for the Beijing Olympics released Thursday for screening around the world.
Yao, a center for the NBA's Houston Rockets, and Liu, the Olympic 110 meters hurdles champion, are joined by a stellar team of athletes _ including Roger Federer and Heile Gebreselassie _ for the «Heroes» public service film created for the International Olympic Committee. Other gold medalists who volunteered to be shown performing impossible feats include Sweden's Carolina Kluft, the heptathlon winner in Athens four years ago, and French swimmer Laure Manaudou, the 400 meters freestyle champion.
The commercial is part of a series of films called «The Best of Us» promoting the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Games and the Olympic movement's stated values of excellence, friendship and respect.