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| Atlanta 1996 OC - Lighting of the Olympic Cauldron |
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The main highlight of any Olympic Games
opening ceremony: the lighting of the Olympic
cauldron by the Flame. First, the late Al
Oerter (1936-2007) brings in the Olympic
torch from outside the stadium. Oerter was
the four-time Olympic champion in the discus
throw event from Melbourne 1956 to Mexico
City 1968 consecutively.
Within the bowels of the stadium, the flame
was passed from Oerter to Evander "The Real
Deal" Holyfield. He was the Los Angeles 1984
bronze medal winner in the light-heavyweight
boxing event. He then popped out from the
center of the stadium, from where the
official opening speeches were spoken.
As he carried the Olympic Flame closer to its
final destination, he picked up Paraskevi
("Voula") Patoulidou of Greece (her name in
Greek is Παρασκευή "Βούλα"
Πατουλίδου) to accompany him.
Patoulidou was the first Greek female
athlete, at the time, to earn an Olympic
medal in a track and field event. In
Barcelona 1992, she won gold in the 100m
hurdles event. She would "repeat" this scene
again at the Athens 2004 opening ceremony,
but by herself. I believe she is the only
person to be allowed that kind of honor TWICE
so far in modern Olympic history.
Then, the Flame was passed to Janet Evans: a
four-time Olympic gold medalist and an
Olympic silver medalist in swimming from both
Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992.
Finally, the climax and the honor of lighting
the Olympic cauldron was given to MUHAMMAD
ALI (formerly named Cassius Marcellus Clay
Jr). He was the Olympic champion and gold
medalist in the light-heavyweight boxing
event at Rome 1960. Kind of funny that the
Flame would just "crawl" along the line up to
the cauldron like that; never mind how some
people reacted what the cauldron looked like
then.
Note: The "Ode To Joy" music was used mostly
throughout this clip.
Tags : atlanta 1996 olympic games XXVI opening ceremony flame torch oerter holyfield patoulidou evans ali cauldron look |
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| 1996 Atlanta Opening Ceremonies - Lighting of the Cauldron |
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(12:17am) This is the entrance of the Olympic
Flame into the Olympic Stadium and the
Lighting of the Cauldron by Muhammad Ali
hosted by Bob Costas & Dick Enberg to the
music of Beetoven's "Ode to Joy". Athletes
hand-off include:
Al Oerter, Evander Holyfield, Voula
Patoulidou, & Janet Evans. Others include
Shaquille O'Neal & Michael Johnson. July
20th, 1996 Atlanta, Georgia USA
I recommend viewing Janet Evans' video speech
under her website on being a champion where
she talks about this moment.
http://www.janetevans.com/index2.html
Click on "Speaking" then "Video Preview" at
lower right of page.
Tags : 1996 Olympics Opening Ceremony Lighting Flame Cauldron Cassius Clay Greatest Legend Symphony No. Torch |
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Durée : 494 s |
| XTC Summer's Cauldron |
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From Their 1986 Album Skylarking.
Lyrics:
Drowning here in Summer's Cauldron
Under mats of flower lava
Please don't pull me out this is how I would
want to go
Breathing in the boiling butter
Fruit of sweating golden Inca
Please don't heed my shout I'm relax in the
undertow
When Miss Moon lays down
And Sir Sun stands up
Me I'm found floating round and round
Like a bug in brandy
In this big bronze cup
Drowning here in Summer's Cauldron
Trees are dancing drunk with nectar
Grass is waving underwater
Please don't pull me out this is how I would
want to go
Insect bomber Buddhist droning
Copper chord of August's organ
Please don't heed my shout I'm relax in the
undertow
When Miss Moon lays down
In her hilltop bed
And Sir Sun stands up
Raise his regal head
Me I'm found floating round and round
Like a bug in brandy
In this big bronze cup
Drowning here in Summer's Cauldron
Tags : XTC Summer's Cauldron Skylarking |
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| Cauldron by ReSourCe & The DReaMs & EXceeD |
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C64 Demo - Cauldron by ReSourCe & The DReaMs
& EXceeD. 1st place at Breakpoint 2008.
Credits :
Code ........... Edhellon of Resource
...................... Murphy of Exceed
...................... Ninja of The Dreams
...................... Oswald of Resource
Music .......... Linus of Resource, Viruz
Graphics .... AmN of Resource
...................... Leon of Chorus,
Singular
Design ........ Oswald of Resource
Loader ........ Doc Bacardi of The Dreams
Help ............ Clarence of Chorus
Tags : Cauldron Resource Dreams Exceed C64 Demo Breakpoint 2008 World Domination |
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Durée : 259 s |
| Sydney 2000 OC - Cathy Freeman Lights The Olympic Cauldron |
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The biggest moment of the Sydney 2000 Olympic
Games opening ceremony. An innovative way of
lighting the Olympic Flame to the cauldron by
Atlanta 1996 Olympic silver medalist in the
women's 400m event at the time: Cathy
Freeman. She went on to win the Olympic gold
medal in these Games in the same women's 400m
event.
Note: Very sorry for the poor quality of the
picture near the end of this clip. The VCR
tape I had this recorded on was showing its
age and I was concerned that I was going to
lose this entire show because of that.
I know that there is other YouTube uploads of
this scene. You may want to look them up for
better quality than this clip.
At the end of this clip, fireworks go off at
one of Stadium Australia, as the cauldron
itself was assisted mechanically, to
officially conclude the opening ceremony of
these Games.
Tags : sydney 2000 olympic games XXVII opening ceremony cathy freeman light flame torch cauldron fireworks |
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| Nagano (長野) 1998 OC-Lighting The Cauldron And Olympic Oaths |
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The moment of the opening ceremony.
Chris Moon, of Great Britain, carries the
Olympic torch to the stadium with the
children. Jody Williams, an activist against
land mines, is briefly shown here. Also, the
torch makes its brief stop in front of
Emperor Akihito.
From there, the torch is passed to the
following people in order:
- Masako Chiba (千葉真子) (bronze
medalist in the women's 10,000m race from the
1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens);
- the trio of Takanori Kono (河野孝典),
Masashi Abe (阿部雅司) and Reiichi Mikata
(三ヶ田礼一) (gold medalists from
Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer 1994 in the
nordic combined events);
- Hiromi Suzuki (gold medalist in the women's
marathon race from the 1997 IAAF World
Championships in Athens);
- MIDORI ITO (伊藤みどり) (silver
medalist in women's figure skating from
Albertville 1992) lights the Olympic
cauldron! (オリンピック聖火)
As for the Olympic oaths, in Japanese:
- Kenji Ogiwara (荻原健司), in behalf of
all athletes (gold medalist from Albertville
1992 and Lillehammer 1994 in the nordic
combined events);
- Junko Hiramatsu (平松純子), in behalf
of all judges. She was a former figure skater
that competed at Squaw Valley 1960 and
Innsbruck 1964.
After that, white-dove balloons are released
into the air. Also, all info gathered here
comes from Wikipedia and the official IOC web
site.
Tags : nagano 1998 olympic winter games opening ceremony XVIII midori ito flame cauldron oaths gold medalist athletes dove |
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