Image courtesy of EPAIt was billed as THE event of the year and man, did the host (China) go all out! The fireworks! The performances! The colourful costumes! The amazing Bird's Nest Stadium! My favourite being Li Ning walking round the top of the stadium, whilst attached on wires, to light the main torch...how cool was that!!
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Image courtesy of Adam Pretty/Getty ImagesIf the opening was this good, there's no doubt the Chinese will also spare no expenses in churning out a spectacular closing ceremony. After all they spent seven - yes, you heard me right there..S-E-V-E-N - years preparing for all this. Yikesss! Looks like the Brits will have a hard time trying to top this.
On a more serious note, did anyone catch what the commentators said about our country being absent from the list of participants? The only words I caught were "late" and "admission"...anyone?
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the opening was fantastic, wasn't it? London is so going to have a hard time topping Beijing.
anyhow, apparently, our two athletes were NOT REGISTERED on time! hence they were excluded from the opening parade.
the Brunei Olympic Council puts the blame squarely on the Ministry of Culture Youth n Sports, they didn't approve early enough.
the ministry meanwhile is covering their asses saying the swimmer wasn't up to scratch regionally, and the shot putter was injured.
when they found that out, we do not know.
i was just feeling sorry for our Sultan. imagine his embarassment, when all the other heads of state had already stood up and waved proudly to their contingent while he stayed sitting down till the end?
i feel heads are going to roll....hehehehe! what say you, kitty?
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