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The Antwerp Ceremony: started with the Olympic Anthem to lower the Olympic flag (21:35-21:39), Handover of the Antwerp flag from the governor of Tokyo (Yuriko Koike) to the mayor of the next host city, Paris (Anne Hidalgo), via the IOC President. Paris 2024 presentation video played (Performance video of the National Anthem of France by the ...
The closing ceremony has turned into a sing-along to “Freed from Desire” by Gala -- with fans and athletes jumping up and down as lyrics to the song are shown on video screens. An 80,000 fan ...
The Coca-Cola Company has teamed up with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to unveil a new collaboration produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, and performed Gwen Stefani and ...
The president of the suspended Russian Olympic Committee said Tuesday he plans to step down after six years in charge. Stanislav Pozdnyakov's statement comes just over two months after a ...
A video was played on the large screen in the north and south to explain the theme of the Closing Ceremony. The video reviewed the exciting and memorable moments during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. A grand celebration began: Two hundred performers in drum formation lined up, in a circle, on the steps of the Main Stage.
Finally to end off the 2000 Summer Olympics, Slim Dusty with a guitar in hand performed an acoustic version of "Waltzing Matilda" as a singalong with the cast, athletes, and crowd joining in. [19] The Geode had projected two lines, Bye from Oz, and see ya in Athens. After the song, the last words spoken at the 2000 Summer Olympics were:
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place at the Stade de France on 11 August 2024. [1]As per traditional Olympic protocol, the ceremony featured cultural presentations from both the current (France) and following (United States) host countries, as well as closing remarks by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and the COJOP2024 President Tony Estanguet ...
H.E.R., sporting a white Stratocaster like the one Hendrix played at Woodstock, performed "The Star-Spangled Banner," demonstrating once again that it's a song best handled by an R&B singer.