Beautiful ending to the Opening Ceremony of the 1st ever YOG!
The Olympic anthem was very nicely done by the choristers (includes HCJC's choir!!). Then the torch is great. Of the Youth Olympians, Darren Choy probably deserved most to carry the torch to light the flame, as he is our biggest medal hope, as a 2-time world champion and gold medallist at last year's precursor Asian Youth Games.
The cauldron is special with the lighthouse design and the tornado effect of the flame. Cool stuff :D
And I would like to applaud one person in particular: IOC president Jacques Rogge. He is the brainchild of this extension to the Olympics, and one part of his speech genuinely struck me.
He talked about the vast difference between being a WINNER and a CHAMPION.
Very on the spot. (Y)(Y)
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