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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 ...
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.
He announced his intention to step down after the 1924 Summer Olympics, which proved much more successful than the first attempt in Paris in 1900, and was succeeded as IOC president in 1925 by Belgian Henri de Baillet-Latour. De Coubertin remained an honorary president of the IOC until his death in 1937.
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 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 ...
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 1984 "Olympic Fanfare and Theme", composed by John Williams, was performed in the Coliseum peristyle by the 750-member Olympic All American Marching Band. [1] Other songs were performed while the flag bearers, country name placards and, finally, the athletes of 140 nations marched en masse.
The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. Portraying Paris as a crime-ridden cesspool, the video mocking the Games spread ...