cfm Jeremie Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 2. What is it with Athens? Another 3/4ths empty stadium!! 3. Those seats must be the MOST UNCOMFORTABLE ever! Cold marble. Whew. People were prevented from entering the stadium for fear of new protests (only accredited people were in). They are actually not THAT uncomfortable (used them during the Athens Olympics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 People were prevented from entering the stadium for fear of new protests (only accredited people were in). Jeremie, what is your opinion about "accredited persons" as audience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 People were prevented from entering the stadium for fear of new protests (only accredited people were in). I thought that might've been the case. (But I like to tweak our Hellenic members' noses - playfully.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christos Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 People were prevented from entering the stadium for fear of new protests (only accredited people were in).They are actually not THAT uncomfortable (used them during the Athens Olympics). It's not true...I went to Stadium today. It was free for all, just we were checked, security reasons etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted March 30, 2008 Report Share Posted March 30, 2008 It's not true...I went to Stadium today. It was free for all, just we were checked, security reasons etc. I stand corrected. The media report I read was wrong. This being said, given the love of the Greeks for the Olympics, I am amazed by the low turn out at the stadium... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 I stand corrected. The media report I read was wrong. This being said, given the love of the Greeks for the Olympics, I am amazed by the low turn out at the stadium... what's the low? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 what's the low? The sparse crowds that turned up at Panatheneikon stadium yesterday. It probably had about a 1/6 or 1/7th the capactiy of the stadium. Considering it was free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY20?? Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 I was just watching the flame's arrival to Beijing's airport live on CCTV 9 - International (their English-speaking channel). On the tarmac were crowds, all cheering and waving Chinese, Beijing 2008, and Olympic flags. Three escort runners (with the blue uniforms) marched, militarily, with the flame's lantern from the Bocog head to the escort vehicle that would take it to the festivities in Tiananmen Square. In the meantime, the CCTV commentators (one of them being a female Olympic, diving champion) are now discussing things like the selection process for the runners in China this summer, and the torches ascend to Mount Everest. They made some comments about how it's a national consensus to support the hosting of the Games, unlike London were "they're many people against hosting" the Games. They're also showing some pretty interesting segments on the International and Chinese legs of the relay, the torch's technology, and the selection process for the torch’s design - some of them were FUGLY. I can make out that the clouds on the chosen design were originally bigger. Looks like the ceremony at Tiananmen is going to commence soon. There are people in some questionable, yellow outfits, sitting down in chairs at the square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Yes, you're right. Ladies and gentlemen, we are live! The Olympic Flame is in Beijing right NOW! Click here and let's watch together! Live from Beijing via CCTV-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Now playing: "Light The Passion, Share The Dream" sung by those lovely Miss World girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Now playing: The route of the Olympic Torch Relay. Writings are in Chinese and English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 It's about to start, ladies and gentlemen. Look! It's the Fuwa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 We have learned that the President of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Hu Jintao is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Sorry, my sister used the computer. She put down the speaker, making me unable to hear to goings-on. Later, I scanned the same channels as last night for coverage. None has. But later, Channel NewsAsia aired the ceremony live. Now she is finished, I watching again online! (Channel NewsAsia took the CCTV-4 broadcast.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hehehee... the PA announcer translating the speech of the Chinese Vice President said "Main Stadium of the Beijing 2000 Olympic Games"! Hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Ladies and gentlemen, Hu Jintao declared the launching of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay! Whew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 That's it, it's over. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 That's it, it's over. Thank you! Why would the flame has to arrive in Beijing first then starts its overseas route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Why would the flame has to arrive in Beijing first then starts its overseas route? So that the Chinese and everyone else will know that the flame has already touched down on CHinese soil and they have a lit a back-up lamp. So that if there are any disruptions in its foreign legs, part of the original flame is still in Beijing. That's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xu Wen-Ting Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 the Silk Road is the way from China to other countries. That IS why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 the Silk Road is the way from China to other countries. That IS why. What Silk Road r u talking about? San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Paris and London were NEVER on the Silk Road -- so what r u talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympics08 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Click here for a blow-by-blow account on today's welcome ceremony.Includes the translation to the speeches. They're in Chinese and translated into English by the PA announcer (a female). Except the speech by the Coordination Commission boss, where that same anouncer speaks Chinese. Bad news! The Tibet people had their own relay in Greece as protest! Oh no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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