Lighting of the Olympic Flame | Vancouver 2010 (1/4)

The ceremony in Ancient Olympia for the lighting of the Olympic Flame for the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.

In this part:
- The olympic anthem
- the canadian anthem
- the greek anthem

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• winter olympic games
• ancient olympia
• vancouver 2010

[macoyjwb]

thanks for posting. good to see this as a beginning of the vancouver 2010 olympics. i happened to be a chosen torchbearer here and i am excited to see the beginning of this journey.

[cherrypie37]

Thank you for posting this series also.

[kitlamungkun11]

@Andrew19ao The melody of the song was covered by the loud brass that's why it sounded so terrible.

[Andrew19ao]

I have never heard the Canadian anthem played so terribly. Its an insult to all Canadians. Why do people hhave to try and change it all the time.

[lcirej71]

For this ceremony - they played the Olympic anthem, the Greek anthem, and the Canadian anthem. For the 2004 Olympic games did they play the Greek anthem twice or just once? I hope there is a clip of that event.

[Andrew19ao]

I agree. The Canadian anthem sounded terrible. It was also terrible in the opening cerimonies...

[aussiecan]

what the hell was that? - o canada doesn't sound like that at all. what were the greeks smoking at the acropolis right before playing this? shit.

[Nikopolis1912]

Δεν είχα τη ευκαιρία να παρακουλοθήσω την τελετή ζωντανά. Γειά αυτό μπράβο από μένα, για το ανέβασμα των βίντεο.

5*****

[Jonwpg]

Lol, I'm jealous, but way to go, congratulations!!!

Where along the way will you likely be carrying the torch?