The recent Olympic Games in Beijing is hosting a record 11,194 athletes and twice that many journalists - 23,503 in all, the Organisation Committee announced last weekend.
Most of the reporters have been sent by TV channels and radio stations, but there are almost 6,000 newspaper reporters as well. ČTK
Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports
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