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≡ THE 144th IOC SESSION ≡
So what does an opening ceremony look like for a Session of the International Olympic Committee?
Thanks to our correspondent Karen Rosen, here’s a look at the opening, under a tent in ancient Olympia, due to rain at the site of the original Olympic Games.
● In better weather, the flags of Greece, the IOC and the Hellenic [Greek] Olympic Committee, with the International Olympic Academy in the distance:
● Getting ready for the guests as the rain starts to increase:
● This shot has six of the seven candidates in one picture, although one has only the back of his head visible. Can you pick out (alphabetically) Prince Feisal Al Hussein, Kirsty Coventy, Sebastian Coe, David Lappartient, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Morinari Watanabe? (Johan Eliasch is not in this shot.)
● The entertainment included the Lykeion ton Ellinidon, performing the “Pentozalis” folk dance from Crete and a dance from Ikaria in the Northeastern Aegean region:
● Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos addressing the guests:
● IOC President Thomas Bach giving his remarks to the Session:
The actual meeting of the IOC Session will be held at The Westin Resort in Costa Navarino, Greece.
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