BEIJING (AP) — The final batch of domestic-sale tickets for Olympic venues in Beijing and Hong Kong sold out Wednesday, the third day of sales for 1.38 million tickets.

Wang Hui, a spokeswoman for the Beijing organizing committee, said tickets remained for other venues in co-host cities, which include Shanghai, Shenyang, Tianjin and Qinhuangdao.

Large numbers of people went online on Monday, attempting to book tickets. In a one-hour period, the system recorded 27 million hits with reports of slow responses. However, Wang said the system sustained the heavy load.

"Our Web site was still working well," she said.

Six months ago, organizers were embarrassed when the computer system crashed, forcing organizers to revert to a lottery system to sell tickets.

A year ago, organizers said about 7.2 million tickets would be available for domestic and foreign sales. However, a few weeks ago a Beijing official said the number had dropped to 6.8 million. No explanation was given for the drop.