Locally, Sunday's F1 night race on the local MediaCorp TV Channel 5 drew more viewers than the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony in the previous month, becoming the highest-rated programme for the year.
Recently, Zheng was one of eight athletes who carried the Olympic flag in the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies.
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During the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, former Olympic gymnast Li Ning was the final torchbearer and ultimately lit the flame at Beijing National Stadium.
She was the national flagbearer of the Kenyan team at the opening ceremony.
On 8 August 2008, Liu performed the official theme song You and Me with British singer Sarah Brightman at the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in Beijing.