
agreatolympicfanforlife
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I would not be surprised if LA won in 2024 but the IOC desperately want to get the games to Africa so I believe that Durban will bid and host the 2024 Games
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Atlanta 1996
Sydney 2000
Salt Lake 2002
Athens 2004
London 2012
Hopefully I'll go to Rio in 2016 and maybe Sochi 2014
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Does anybody have CBC's coverage of any the Olympic ceremonies?
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can anybody upload the ceremonies of the 1998 nagano olympics and 2002 salt lake olympics?
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Here are Houston's venue plans for the 2024 Olympic Games
Reliant Park/Houston Olympic Park-Track & Field, Soccer, Wrestling,Taekwondo, Table Tennis, Fencing, Judo, Weightlifting, Badminton, Swimming, Handball(prelims), Diving, Synchronized Swimming,Boxing,Rhythmic Gymnastics, Water Polo
Downtown-Toyota Center-Gymnastics, Basketball (finals), Marathon
George R. Brown Convention Center-Main Press Center/International Broadcast Center
University Of Houston-Modern Pentathlon, Olympic Village, Basketball(prelims), Handball(Finals),Opening And Closing Ceremonies
Kemah-Yachting,Triathlon, Beach Volleyball
American Shooting Center-Shooting
Houston Polo Club-Archery
Texas City Reservoir- Rowing,Canoe/Kayak
Dallas-Cowboys Stadium, Cotton Bowl -Soccer (prelims)
San Antonio-Alamodome Soccer (prelims)
College Station- Kyle Field Soccer (prelims)
Austin-Memorial Staduim Soccer (prelims)
Memorial Park/Downtown-Cycling Road
That would be my plan for the venues if Houston plans to bid for 2024.
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i don't know I think that Houston would be a viable candidate
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What about Jessica Ennis as the final torchbearer? I think that a woman would be the best choice to light the cauldron.
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The Tower Bridge rings being unveiled!
could please post some pictures of it please?
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with the revenue deal settled with the USOC and IOC i believe the U.S. will try bid for a Pan Am Games in 2019 before they bid for a summer olympics.
the cites that could would be Houston, Miami, and even San Antonio.
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could someone update the opening ceremony of the 1996 olympics?
i think you could uploading the 1996 ceremonies now the reason couldn't because of the revenue deal that the U.S. Olympic Committee and the IOC were trying to set up over the last two years. the reason i say that now is because you can now view the entire opening and closing ceremony of the Vancouver games now on you tube.
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What a great summer this is going to be. Euro 2012 and the London Olympics what kind of summer could you ask for?
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they have updated the NBCOlympics website
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i mean the full ceremony without the commercials
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could someone update the opening ceremony of the 1996 olympics?
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On the "Today" show this morning, NBC announced that Meredith Viera will be hosting the opening ceremony along with Bob Costas and Matt Lauer.
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The White House officially announced today that First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the U.S. delegation for the Opening Ceremony.
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I believe that they would use this version for the opening ceremony because it's simple and they would not jazz up like they did in VancouverLondon should definitely not take a leaf out of Vancouver's book in terms of the national anthem. Nikki Yanofsky's version of "O Canada" was an unnecessary "modernisation" which turned out to be only an inch away from butchering that beautiful anthem.
There are so few occasions where a modernised version of a national anthem works. I don't know if the melody of "God Save The Queen" works well for beatboxing and all the other mostly useless cr*p which is often sold under the label of "hipness".
There are occasions, though, where it brilliantly works -- but it always depends on the national anthem itself. The "Star-Spangled Banner" works fine for most of the modernised versions. It just has the right melody and harmonies to be open for modernisation. This is still my favourite version of the Star-Spangled Banner, closely followed by Whitney Houston's famous version:
And in terms of "God Save The Queen", I love much more the classical, proud and truly regal version at Lady Diana's and Prince Charles' wedding in 1981:
But I highly doubt that they'd choose such a pompous version for the opening ceremony (sadly).
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How cool would it be if U2 performed at the closing ceremony? it would be awesome
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i think that they should start the parade of nations with the nation that previously hosted the last olympics that would be china and of course greece would follow suit and the other nations will follow just like they do during the commonwealth games parade of nations in this video
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i think that they should start the parade of nations with the nation that previously hosted the last olympics that would be china and of course greece would follow suit and the other nations will follow just like they do during the commonwealth games parade of nations in this video
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wmIZL2yl5Xk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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could you please upload the closing ceremony of the 1996 atlanta olympics and the 2002 salt lake olympics?
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this would be a great chance for Houston to try bid for the Pan Am Games as a stepping stone for hosting an olympic and paralympic games in the future.
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i think lillehammer was quaint and peaceful during the entire ceremony and somebody upload the closing ceremonies of the 1996 and 2002 olympics?
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could someone please upload the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1996 olympics in atlanta?
Stadium progress
in Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup
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it's like a mixture of the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 stadiums