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McDonald's awards Olympic gold to best Big Mac builders

August 7, 2008

BEIJING —As the Summer Olympics get under way in Beijing, McDonald's, a major sponsor of the Olympic Games, honored its best restaurant employees at a pre-Games Big Mac Building competition.

Olympic officials and McDonald's executives joined athletes including nine-time U.S. Olympic Track & Field gold medalist Carl Lewis and Chinese Olympians Gao Min, two-time Diving gold medalist, and Track & Field gold medalist Wang Junxia, to cheer on the company's all-star crew teams as they demonstrated what they do best in McDonald's restaurants around the world.

Additionally, the crew members were invited to create short videos that express their Olympic spirit. The top 22 "Olympic Spirit of McDonald's" videos are displayed on www.mcdonalds.com, where the public voted for their favorite videos. Winners will be announced on Aug. 14 at an event in Beijing.