444 days more to go, to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has unveiled the Games’ medals. The medals are 70mm in diameter and 6mm in thickness and the reverse side of the medals are inlaid with jade with the Beijing Games emblem engraved in the metal centerpiece…

The medals are designed with inspiration from “bi”, China’s ancient jade piece inscribed with dragon pattern. The medals, made of gold and jade, symbolize nobility and virtue and are embodiment of traditional Chinese values of ethics and honor.

“On their obverse side, the medals adopt the standard design prescribed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) — a drawing that represents the winged goddess of victory Nike and Panathinaikos Arena.”

[via Core77]