Torino 2006 Lighting of the Cauldron

[spanier24]

Horrible, fake, dissapointing... just italian.

[pons500]

@spanier24 Envious uh?

[spanier24]

@pons500 Hahaha, envious of that??? hahahahaha hahahah

[pons500]

@spanier24 Well, yes.. I mean, it was a spectacular lighting, few others were that beautiful. You say fake, ok the flame didn't fiscally touch the cauldron, but it wasn't the first time. Maybe I love this also because I could watch it from my balcony, but I'm sorry if you think that we Italians are fake, horrible, etc. Clearly you just heard stereotypes about us.. What you say is true for certain people in every country, not just Italy. Just speaking, don't wanna fight. Where you from anyway?

[spanier24]

@pons500 Ufff, what a long message... sorry, but I will not read it.

[pons500]

@spanier24 Oh that's a shame, is it attention deficit? I will donate some money for you..

[spanier24]

@pons500 No, is just that you are boring.

[pons500]

@spanier24 Damn, I hoped we could be friends

[AlexHWalker]

If you think about it the official outdoor cauldron for Vancouver 2010 only had one of the five columns lit by the Olympic flame the rest were just like Torino's, lit by a computer.

[emila1103]

sappiamo cosa e' la fiamma olimpica quei deficenti della RAI almeno in questi momento non possono propio stare zitti

[reimonZzito]

The olympic flame didn`t touch the cauldron.

[thirdbase3]

It was sent up to the cauldron by a series of fireworks. When you think about it, everyone in the stadium was "embraced" by the flame =) I think it was kinda cool.

[ortizricci]

completely agree, the olympic flame never touched the cauldron and the fireworks were lit by an electronic device, so basically the olympic flame didnt illuminate the torino games.

[keikomoon17]

@reimonZzito well, the olympic flame in 1996 Atlanta, 1992 Barcelona and 2008 Beijing didn't touch the Cauldron too. Nonetheless, it was all amazing way to light the cauldron.

[Dimikera]

The opening of the cauldron is the same with the opening of Athens 2004 Paralympic Games cauldron

[reanzzzzzzz]

now they even have the youth olympics too

[ikgrande]

It's still not clear to me why the IOC decided to alternate the summer and winter Olympics every two years; I liked it when the winter and summer games were in the same year, the last being 1992 when Albertville hosted the winter O. and Barcelona hosted the summer O; it somehow made the Olympics more special, because it was a series of events that happened only every 4 years. I feel that alternating the winter and summer games every 2 years somehow diminishes the "special event" aspect.

[burster14]

It still feels like a helluva a lot of time between any two Games, Summer or Winter...

[OTUFilms]

The Olympics isnt every 4 years every 2 years:

For example:

Salt Lake City 2002 - Winter

Athens 2004 - Summer

Turin 2006 - Winter

Beijing 2008 - Summer

Vancouver 2010 - Winter

London 2012 - Summer

...

[renzsmartbro]

2016 - manila, phil.

[ikgrande]

Um, the candidate cities for 2016 are Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Madrid and Chicago.

[MAXXAM2104]

no the winters games are every 4 years. i work for torino2006 and it was so great. now i have my supscription on vancouver2010 but it will be so hard to be a part again...

ciao

[Nickmasies]

Well..it was one of my biggest emotion that i ever had..

I bringed that torch..i was one of the 10.001 torch relayers in 2005/2006...

I cry now that i re-think to that beautiful moment...

[growchronic]

thats the best

[MAXXAM2104]

i think so. i was there as voultour and working at sestriere!! I JUST saw in china and believe me, nothing was the same. now i hope to be select for vancouver 2010!!

[PAETAN]

yeh.. better than beijing.. and the asean game lighting opening ceremony is more batter than beijing too..

[wedgewu]

Great! Better than 2008 Beijing!!!!!!!!!

[hothotheat3000]

I always cry when the torch is lit. ALWAYS. I can't help it.

[Bastiii1990]

one of the best !

[Ferrari199]

The torch was designed by Pininfarina

[ooddbbaall]

this are the winter games??

[blakmanta]

Yes. 2006 Winter Games.

[Quocviet1]

olympic? but i thought the olympics only start every 4 years

[RJB61012]

Yes the summer olymics are every 4 years, same with the winter olympics but 2 years after the summer olympics. for example beijing 2008 (summer)

vancouver 2010 (winter)

london 2012 (summer)

[Katonski22]

yes,but he tragically died the day before the opening ceremony of Beijing 2008,August 7

[Ferrari199]

One of the mnost historic traditions in all of sports.

[Trulyloyale]

Incredibly spectacular , so beautiful and emotional !! Fantastic

[mikyrin]

l'onore di aver avuto tra le mani il sacro fuoco di Olimpia sarà una delle emozioni che porterò per sempre nel mio cuore ...

[wirtz999]

mikirin sbaaammmm

[46497]

派手だなぁ（＾ｖ＾）というか芸術的。

[sxara92]

i brividi ogni volta..

i ricordi..

le emozioni..

10 febbraio 2006..

io c'ero..

[pistaun]

Sto male... IO C'ERO! E qui a Maranello (MO) ho anche portato la Fiamma Olympica.

[luckyyguti]

always in my heart !!stupendo!

[funkybrit90]

Davvero emozionante!!

[Nickmasies]

Che emozione..peccato non averla potuta vedere dal vivo in Tv...causa impegni....

Però ho avuto l'emozione di essere tra i 10.001 tedofori che l'hanno portata..

[ITAcrazyhead86]

sei veramente stato uno dei teodofori?..hai avuto un onore che spetta a pochi..beato te..io cosa darei per poterla portare..bravo..ma come hai fatto?

[Nickmasies]

Si, sono stato uno dei tedofori..

Ho fatto richiesta su internet, diversi mesi prima che iniziassero le olimpiadi...

Poi a novembre 2005 mi è arrivata la lettera che ero stato scelto per portare la torcia olimpica..

e a dicembre, precisamente il giorno 15, ho portato la torcia, x circa 300 mt..una sola parola per descrivere l'emozione INDESCRIVIBILE!

[OrazioErmenegildo]

This is always opening light, car and fiaccoles...

[LittleVikinga]

i can't stop crying...:)

[superkattylennon]

Fantastic!

[medic1979]

very spectacular!bravo!

[Kevindl1985]

I might be alone on this but I prefer the more simple cauldron lighting of simply running up the stair to light it. This was cool to watch but I just like it more simplistic like,Barcelona,Atlanta,Salt Lake,Athens etc.

[LittleVikinga]

thanx to you!!!for all your olympic video!

[Surfi2006]

This is always the moment the people are waiting for... and it always makes me smile! Thanks for uploading!

[thirdbase3]

ah, looks like some people already beat me in adding this. oh well, here's another one.