Olympics 2020/21 Opening/Closing Ceremony Discussion Thread

[Nicky91]

Time

20:00 JST (12:00 PM UK Time, 13:00 PM CET)


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Guests: ''will only be attended by VIP guests''

and much of the artistic and cultural sections of the ceremony will adhere to social distancing guidelines and some portions will be filmed virtually.


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Parade of Nations

Athletes will enter the stadium in an order dictated by the Olympic tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, the Greek team will enter first. Other teams will enter in katakana order based on the names of countries in the Japanese language, the first time this will happen as previous Olympics held in Japan have used the English language. Following tradition, the delegation from the host nation Japan will enter last.

The Refugee Olympic Team, composed of refugees from several countries, will be the second nation to enter, after Greece. For the first time ever in the opening ceremony, the countries that will host the next two Olympic Games, France and the United States, will march immediately before the host nation Japan enters, instead of entering one-hundred-fifty-fourth (between Brazil and Bulgaria) and seventh (between Afghanistan and American Samoa), respectively, according to the Japanese alphabet order.

The names of the nations will be announced in French, followed by English and Japanese, the official languages of the Olympic movement and the host nation, in accordance with traditional and International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines.


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Performers (what we know so far, more to be revealed later on)

*a pre-recorded virtual/hybrid pre-opening ceremony with an exhibition flight by Blue Impulse, the aerobatics squadron of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force.

Anthems

Japan – Kimigayo, National Anthem of Japan
International Olympic Committee – Olympic Anthem

[Nicky91]

producer of both opening and closing ceremonies is Takayuki Hioki, who has been advised by Marco Balich, who notably did the opening ceremony for Turin Winter Olympics in 2006

The Olympic cauldron/flame will be lit by an athlete, still unknown.

the cauldron here is designed by Oki Sato, who attended Waseda University, the same as Yoshinori Sakai, the 1964 cauldron lighter

[Nicky91]

the two flag bearers is because of gender equality, one male and one female

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-ioc/ioc-to-allow-male-female-flagbearers-at-tokyo-games-idUSKBN20R2SQ

[Nicky91]

*The Ceremony will feature music by Seigen Tokuzawa, Marihiko Hara, and Masayuki Kagei. (The Ceremony should have featured music by Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius), but he withdrew, just some days before ceremony)

*Comedy-duo HIRO-PON are expected to make an appearance


*The opening declaration of the 2020 Olympic Games, limited to a prescribed statement of around 17 words, laid down in the Olympic Charter, will be made by Emperor Naruhito. Kyodo News quoted a source as confirming that the Emperor would be attending. He will be the third Japanese Emperor to open an Olympics, following his grandfather Emperor Hirohito (1964 Summer and 1972 Winter Olympics) and his father Emperor Akihito (1998 Winter Olympics). He is also the honorary patron of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympics

[LeatherTrumpet]

just said on the radio the Olympics could now be cancelled

[Nicky91]

just said on the radio the Olympics could now be cancelled

Toshiro Muto said that a last minute cancellation is not ruled out


but tbh, the start for some events already is tomorrow, so i hope for the best that it can go through and everyone is going to be extra careful

[Nicky91]

even if a different director, i do think most things will remain as planned


but just the final touches to the ceremony to go under some slight changes



nothing drastic what they can change anymore now anyways, but good to replace him even if old news, at least we can avoid that moment of controversy/awkwardness for the show tomorrow

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/Tokyo2020/status/1418372065778966536



12:00 UK Time opening ceremony, 13:00 CET

[Nicky91]

Guinea will still take part in the games after all, they first said they would pull out because of worries over covid-19 but yesterday evening the government came back from that decision and decides to send their athletes after all


some notable athletes they have are

- Fatoumata Lamarana Touré (Swimming)

- Mamadou Tahirou Bah (Swimming)

- Fatoumata Yarie Camara (Wrestling)

- Aissata Deen Conté (Athletics)

- Mamadou Samba Bah (Judo)

[Nicky91]

Netherlands will send 42 athletes/staff to opening ceremony, out of squad of 288



chef de mission (former swimming olympic champ) Pieter van den Hoogenband also said in a interview, we aim to break our medal record of 25 (which still stands since 2000)



there'll be no victory parties either, only after these 2 weeks those who had won anything can celebrate it only then

[James]

It's quite an eerie atmosphere.

[Denver]

Team GB go do us proud

[James]

The order of the athletes' parade.



Teams and flagbearers
On 4 March 2020, the IOC announced that each team can have the option to allow two flag bearers, one male and one female, in an effort to promote gender equality.[10]

Below is a list of parading teams and their announced flag bearer(s), in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by team name, flag bearer's name, and flag bearer's sport. Note that the list is not yet finalised and subject to organisers' decision.

Order Team Japanese[11] Roman Transliteration Flag bearer(s) Sport(s) Ref.
1 Greece (GRE) ギリシャ Girisha Anna Korakaki
Eleftherios Petrounias Shooting
Gymnastics [12]
2 Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) 難民選手団 Nanmin Senshu-dan Yusra Mardini
Tachlowini Gabriyesos Swimming
Athletics [13]
— ROC (ROC) ROC ROC Sofya Velikaya
Maksim Mikhaylov[14] Fencing
Volleyball
3 Iceland (ISL) アイスランド Aisurando Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir
Anton McKee[15] Swimming
4 Ireland (IRL) アイルランド Airurando Kellie Harrington
Brendan Irvine[16] Boxing
5 Azerbaijan (AZE) アゼルバイジャン Azerubaijan Farida Azizova
Rüstəm Orucov[17][18] Taekwondo
Judo
6 Afghanistan (AFG) アフガニスタン Afuganisutan Farzad Mansouri
Kamia Yousufi Taekwondo
Athletics
7 United Arab Emirates (UAE) アラブ首長国連邦 Arabu Shuchōkoku Renpō
8 Algeria (ALG) アルジェリア Arujeria Amel Melih
Mohamed Flissi[19] Swimming
Boxing
9 Argentina (ARG) アルゼンチン Aruzenchin Cecilia Carranza
Santiago Lange[20] Sailing
10 Aruba (ARU) アルバ Aruba Philip Elhage Shooting
11 Albania (ALB) アルバニア Arubania
12 Armenia (ARM) アルメニア Arumenia Varsenik Manucharyan
Hovhannes Bachkov[21] Swimming
Boxing
13 Angola (ANG) アンゴラ Angora
14 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) アンティグア・バーブーダ Antigua Bābūda
15 Andorra (AND) アンドラ Andora Mònica Dòria[22] Canoeing
16 Yemen (YEM) イエメン Iemen
17 Israel (ISR) イスラエル Isuraeru Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko
Yakov Toumarkin[23] Athletics
Swimming
18 Italy (ITA) イタリア Itaria Jessica Rossi
Elia Viviani[24] Shooting
Cycling
19 Iraq (IRQ) イラク Iraku
20 Iran (IRI) イラン・イスラム共和国 Iran Isuramu Kyōwakoku Hanieh Rostamian
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami[25] Shooting
Basketball
21 India (IND) インド Indo Mary Kom
Manpreet Singh[26] Boxing
Field hockey
22 Indonesia (INA) インドネシア Indoneshia Nurul Akmal
Rio Waida[27] Weightlifting
Surfing
23 Uganda (UGA) ウガンダ Uganda
24 Ukraine (UKR) ウクライナ Ukuraina Olena Kostevych
Bohdan Nikishyn[28] Shooting
Fencing
25 Uzbekistan (UZB) ウズベキスタン Uzubekisutan Oksana Chusovitina
Bobo-Usmon Baturov[29] Gymnastics
Boxing
26 Uruguay (URU) ウルグアイ Uruguai Déborah Rodríguez
Bruno Cetraro[30] Athletics
Rowing
27 Great Britain (GBR) 英国 Eikoku Hannah Mills
Mohamed Sbihi[31] Sailing
Rowing
28 British Virgin Islands (IVB) 英領バージン諸島 Ei-ryō Bājin Shotō Elinah Phillip
Kyron McMaster[32] Swimming
Athletics
29 Ecuador (ECU) エクアドル Ekuadoru Neisi Dajomes
Julio Castillo[33] Weightlifting
Boxing
30 Egypt (EGY) エジプト Ejiputo
31 Estonia (EST) エストニア Esutonia Dina Ellermann
Tõnu Endrekson[34] Equestrian
Rowing
32 Eswatini (SWZ) エスワティニ Esuwatini
33 Ethiopia (ETH) エチオピア Echiopia
34 Eritrea (ERI) エリトリア Eritoria
35 El Salvador (ESA) エルサルバドル Erusarubadoru Celina Márquez
Enrique Arathoon[35] Swimming
Sailing
36 Australia (AUS) オーストラリア Ōsutoraria Cate Campbell
Patty Mills[36] Swimming
Basketball
37 Austria (AUT) オーストリア Ōsutoria Tanja Frank
Thomas Zajac[37] Sailing
38 Oman (OMA) オマーン Omān Issa Al-Adawi[38] Swimming
39 Netherlands (NED) オランダ Oranda Keet Oldenbeuving
Churandy Martina[39] Skateboarding
Athletics
40 Ghana (GHA) ガーナ Gāna Nadia Eke[40] Athletics
41 Cape Verde (CPV) カーボベルデ Kāboberude
42 Guyana (GUY) ガイアナ Gaiana
43 Kazakhstan (KAZ) カザフスタン Kazafusutan Olga Rypakova
Kamshybek Kunkabayev[41] Athletics
Boxing
44 Qatar (QAT) カタール Katāru
45 Canada (CAN) カナダ Kanada Miranda Ayim
Nathan Hirayama[42][43] Basketball
Rugby sevens
46 Gabon (GAB) ガボン Gabon
47 Cameroon (CMR) カメルーン Kamerūn Joseph Essombe[44] Wrestling
48 The Gambia (GAM) ガンビア Ganbia
49 Cambodia (CAM) カンボジア Kanbojia
50 North Macedonia (MKD) 北マケドニア共和国 Kita Makedonia Kyōwakoku Dejan Georgievski[45] Taekwondo
51 Guinea (GUI) ギニア Ginia
52 Guinea-Bissau (GBS) ギニアビサウ Giniabisau
53 Cyprus (CYP) キプロス Kipurosu Andri Eleftheriou
Pavlos Kontides[46] Shooting
Sailing
55 Cuba (CUB) キューバ Kyūba Yaime Pérez
Mijaín López[47] Athletics
Wrestling
56 Kiribati (KIR) キリバス Kiribasu Kinaua Biribo Judo
57 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) キルギス Kirugisu
58 Guatemala (GUA) グアテマラ Guatemara Mirna Ortiz
Juan Ignacio Maegli[48] Athletics
Sailing
59 Guam (GUM) グアム Guamu
60 Kuwait (KUW) クウェート Kuwēto
61 Cook Islands (COK) クック諸島 Kukku Shotō Wesley roberts
62 Grenada (GRN) グレナダ Gurenada
63 Croatia (CRO) クロアチア Kuroachia Sandra Perković
Josip Glasnović[49] Athletics
Shooting
64 Cayman Islands (CAY) ケイマン諸島 Keiman Shotō Jillian Crooks
Brett Fraser[50] Swimming
65 Kenya (KEN) ケニア Kenia Mercy Moim
Andrew Amonde[51] Volleyball
Rugby sevens
66 Ivory Coast (CIV) コートジボワール Kōtojibowāru Marie-Josée Ta Lou[52] Athletics
67 Costa Rica (CRC) コスタリカ Kosutarika Andrea Vargas[53] Athletics
68 Kosovo (KOS) コソボ Kosobo Majlinda Kelmendi
Akil Gjakova[54] Judo
69 Comoros (COM) コモロ Komoro
70 Colombia (COL) コロンビア Koronbia Caterine Ibargüen[55] Athletics
71 Republic of the Congo (CGO) コンゴ Kongo Natacha Ngoye Akamabi[56] Athletics
72 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) コンゴ民主共和国 Kongo Minshu Kyōwakoku
73 Saudi Arabia (KSA) サウジアラビア Saujiarabia
74 Samoa (SAM) サモア Samoa Alex Rose[57] Athletics
75 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) サントメ・プリンシペ Santome Purinshipe
76 Zambia (ZAM) ザンビア Zanbia
77 San Marino (SMR) サンマリノ Sanmarino Arianna Valloni
Myles Amine[58] Swimming
Wrestling
78 Sierra Leone (SLE) シエラレオネ Shierareone
79 Djibouti (DJI) ジブチ Jibuchi
80 Jamaica (JAM) ジャマイカ Jamaika Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Ricardo Brown[59] Athletics
Boxing
81 Georgia (GEO) ジョージア Jōjia Nino Salukvadze
Lasha Talakhadze[60] Shooting
Weightlifting
82 Syria (SYR) シリア・アラブ共和国 Shiria Arabu Kyōwakoku
83 Singapore (SGP) シンガポール Shingapōru Yu Mengyu
Loh Kean Yew[61] Table tennis
Badminton
84 Zimbabwe (ZIM) ジンバブエ Jinbabue
85 Switzerland (SUI) スイス Suisu Mujinga Kambundji
Max Heinzer[62] Athletics
Fencing
86 Sweden (SWE) スウェーデン Suwēden Sara Algotsson Ostholt
Max Salminen[63] Equestrian
Sailing
87 Sudan (SUD) スーダン Sūdan
88 Spain (ESP) スペイン Supein Mireia Belmonte
Saúl Craviotto[64] Swimming
Canoeing
89 Suriname (SUR) スリナム Surinamu Jair Tjon En Fa Cycling
90 Sri Lanka (SRI) スリランカ Suriranka Milka Gehani de Silva
Chamara Dharmawardana[65] Gymnastics
Judo
91 Slovakia (SVK) スロバキア Surobakia Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková
Matej Beňuš[66] Shooting
Canoeing
92 Slovenia (SLO) スロベニア Surobenia
93 Seychelles (SEY) セーシェル Sēsheru Felicity Passon
Rodney Govinden[67] Swimming
Sailing
94 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 赤道ギニア Sekidō Ginia
95 Senegal (SEN) セネガル Senegaru Jeanne Boutbien
Mbagnick Ndiaye[68] Swimming
Judo
96 Serbia (SRB) セルビア Serubia Sonja Vasić
Filip Filipović[69] Basketball
Water polo
97 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) セントクリストファー・ネービス Sentokurisutofā Nēbisu
98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) セントビンセント及びグレナディーン諸島 Sentobinsento oyobi Gurenadīn Shotō
99 Saint Lucia (LCA) セントルシア Sentorushia
100 Somalia (SOM) ソマリア Somaria Edgar Iro Swimming
101 Solomon Islands (SOL) ソロモン諸島 Soromon Shotō
102 Thailand (THA) タイ Tai Naphaswan Yangpaiboon
Savate Sresthaporn[70] Shooting
103 South Korea (KOR) 大韓民国 Daikanminkoku Kim Yeon-koung
Hwang Sun-woo[71] Volleyball
Swimming
104 Tajikistan (TJK) タジキスタン Tajikisutan
105 Tanzania (TAN) タンザニア連合共和国 Tanzania Rengō Kyōwakoku
106 Czech Republic (CZE) チェコ共和国 Cheko Kyōwakoku Petra Kvitová
Tomáš Satoranský[72] Tennis
Basketball
107 Chinese Taipei (TPE) チャイニーズ・タイペイ Chainīzu Taipei Kuo Hsing-chun
Lu Yen-hsun[73] Weightlifting
Tennis
108 Chad (CHA) チャド Chado
109 Central African Republic (CAF) 中央アフリカ共和国 Chūō Afurika Kyōwakoku Chloé Sauvourel
Francky Mbotto
110 China (CHN) 中華人民共和国 Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku Zhu Ting
Zhao Shuai[74] Volleyball
Taekwondo
111 Tunisia (TUN) チュニジア Chunijia Inès Boubakri
Mehdi Ben Cheikh[75] Fencing
Volleyball
112 Chile (CHI) チリ Chiri Francisca Crovetto
Marco Grimalt[76] Shooting
Volleyball
113 Tuvalu (TUV) ツバル Tsubaru
114 Denmark (DEN) デンマーク Denmāku Sara Slott Petersen
Jonas Warrer[77] Athletics
Sailing
115 Germany (GER) ドイツ Doitsu Laura Ludwig
Patrick Hausding[78] Volleyball
Diving
116 Togo (TOG) トーゴ Tōgo Claire Ayivon[79] Rowing
117 Dominica (DMA) ドミニカ Dominika
118 Dominican Republic (DOM) ドミニカ共和国 Dominika Kyōwakoku Prisilla Rivera
Rodrigo Marte[80] Volleyball
Boxing
119 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) トリニダード・トバゴ Torinidādo Tobago
120 Turkmenistan (TKM) トルクメニスタン Torukumenisutan
121 Turkey (TUR) トルコ Toruko Merve Tuncel
Berke Saka[81] Swimming
122 Tonga (TGA) トンガ Tonga Pita Taufatofua Taekwondo
123 Nigeria (NGR) ナイジェリア Naijeria Odunayo Adekuoroye[82] Wrestling
124 Nauru (NRU) ナウル Nauru
125 Namibia (NAM) ナミビア Namibia
126 Nicaragua (NCA) ニカラグア Nikaragua
127 Niger (NIG) ニジェール Nijēru Abdoul Razak Issoufou
128 New Zealand (NZL) ニュージーランド Nyūjīrando Sarah Hirini[83] David Nyika[84] (replaced Hamish Bond) Rugby sevens
Boxing

129 Nepal (NEP) ネパール Nepāru Gaurika Singh[85] Swimming
130 Norway (NOR) ノルウェー Noruwē
131 Bahrain (BRN) バーレーン Bārēn
132 Haiti (HAI) ハイチ Haichi Sabiana Anestor
Darrelle Valsain Jr[86] Judo
Boxing
133 Pakistan (PAK) パキスタン Pakisutan Mahoor Shahzad
Muhammad Khalil Akhtar [87] Badminton
Shooting
134 Panama (PAN) パナマ Panama Atheyna Bylon
Alonso Edward[88] Boxing
Athletics
135 Vanuatu (VAN) バヌアツ Banuatsu Rio Rii[89] Rowing
136 Bahamas (BAH) バハマ Bahama
137 Papua New Guinea (PNG) パプアニューギニア Papuanyūginia
138 Bermuda (BER) バミューダ Bamyūda Dara Alizadeh[90] Rowing
139 Palau (PLW) パラオ Parao
140 Paraguay (PAR) パラグアイ Paraguai Verónica Cepede
Fabrizio Zanotti[91] Tennis
Golf
141 Barbados (BAR) バルバドス Barubadosu
142 Palestine (PLE) パレスチナ Paresuchina
143 Hungary (HUN) ハンガリー Hangarī Aida Mohamed
László Cseh[92] Fencing
Swimming
144 Bangladesh (BAN) バングラデシュ Banguradeshu
145 East Timor (TLS) 東ティモール民主共和国 Higashi Timōru Minshu Kyōwakoku
146 Fiji (FIJ) フィジー Fijī Rusila Nagasau
Jerry Tuwai[93][94] Rugby sevens
147 Philippines (PHI) フィリピン Firipin Kiyomi Watanabe[95]
Eumir Marcial[a] Judo
Boxing
148 Finland (FIN) フィンランド Finrando Satu Mäkelä-Nummela
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen [98] Shooting
Swimming
149 Bhutan (BHU) ブータン Būtan
150 Puerto Rico (PUR) プエルトリコ Puerutoriko Adriana Díaz
Brian Afanador[99] Table tennis
151 Brazil (BRA) ブラジル Burajiru Ketleyn Quadros
Bruno Rezende[100] Judo
Volleyball
152 Bulgaria (BUL) ブルガリア Burugaria Maria Grozdeva[101] Shooting
153 Burkina Faso (BUR) ブルキナファソ Burukinafaso Hugues Fabrice Zango[102] Athletics
154 Brunei (BRU) ブルネイ・ダルサラーム Burunei Darusarāmu
155 Burundi (BDI) ブルンジ Burunji
156 American Samoa (ASA) 米領サモア Bei-ryō Samoa
157 Virgin Islands (ISV) 米領バージン諸島 Bei-ryō Bājin Shotō
158 Vietnam (VIE) ベトナム Betonamu Quách Thị Lan
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng[103] Athletics
Swimming
159 Benin (BEN) ベナン Benan Odile Ahouanwanou[104] Athletics
160 Venezuela (VEN) ベネズエラ Benezuera Yulimar Rojas
Antonio Díaz[105] Athletics
Karate
161 Belarus (BLR) ベラルーシ Berarūshi
162 Belize (BIZ) ベリーズ Berīzu
163 Peru (PER) ペルー Perū Daniella Rosas
Lucca Mesinas[106] Surfing
164 Belgium (BEL) ベルギー Berugī Nafissatou Thiam
Félix Denayer[107] Athletics
Field hockey
165 Poland (POL) ポーランド Pōrando Maja Włoszczowska
Paweł Korzeniowski[108] Cycling
Swimming
166 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ Bosunia Herutsegobina Larisa Cerić
Amel Tuka[109] Judo
Athletics
167 Botswana (BOT) ボツワナ Botsuwana
168 Bolivia (BOL) ボリビア Boribia Karen Torrez
Gabriel Castillo[110] Swimming
169 Portugal (POR) ポルトガル Porutogaru Telma Monteiro
Nelson Évora[111] Judo
Athletics
170 Hong Kong (HKG) ホンコン・チャイナ Honkon Chaina Tse Ying Suet
Cheung Ka Long[112] Badminton
Fencing
171 Honduras (HON) ホンジュラス Honjurasu Julio Horrego[113] Swimming
172 Marshall Islands (MHL) マーシャル諸島 Māsharu Shotō
173 Madagascar (MAD) マダガスカル Madagasukaru Éric Andriantsitohaina[114] Weightlifting
174 Malawi (MAW) マラウイ Maraui
175 Mali (MLI) マリ Mari
176 Malta (MLT) マルタ Maruta Eleanor Bezzina
Andrew Chetcuti[115] Shooting
Swimming
177 Malaysia (MAS) マレーシア Marēshia Goh Liu Ying[116]
Lee Zii Jia[b] Badminton
178 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) ミクロネシア連邦 Mikuroneshia Renpō
179 South Africa (RSA) 南アフリカ Minami Afurika Phumelela Mbande
Chad le Clos[118] Field hockey
Swimming
180 South Sudan (SSD) 南スーダン Minami Sūdan
181 Myanmar (MYA) ミャンマー Myanmā
182 Mexico (MEX) メキシコ Mekishiko Gabriela López
Rommel Pacheco[119] Golf
Diving
183 Mauritius (MRI) モーリシャス Mōrishasu Roilya Ranaivosoa
Richarno Colin[120] Weightlifting
Boxing
184 Mauritania (MTN) モーリタニア Mōritania
185 Mozambique (MOZ) モザンビーク Mozanbīku
186 Monaco (MON) モナコ Monako Xiaoxin Yang[121] Table tennis
187 Maldives (MDV) モルディブ Morudibu Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq Badminton
188 Moldova (MDA) モルドバ共和国 Morudoba Kyōwakoku Alexandra Mîrca
Dan Olaru[122] Archery
189 Morocco (MAR) モロッコ Morokko Oumaïma Belahbib
Ramzi Boukhiam[123] Boxing
Surfing
190 Mongolia (MGL) モンゴル Mongoru Khulan Onolbaatar
Duurenbayar Ulziibayar[124] Basketball
Judo
191 Montenegro (MNE) モンテネグロ Monteneguro Jovanka Radičević
Draško Brguljan[125] Handball
Water polo
192 Jordan (JOR) ヨルダン Yorudan
193 Laos (LAO) ラオス人民民主共和国 Raosu Jinmin Minshu Kyōwakoku
194 Latvia (LAT) ラトビア Ratobia Jeļena Ostapenko[126]
Agnis Čavars[127] Tennis
Basketball
195 Lithuania (LTU) リトアニア Ritoania Sandra Jablonskytė
Giedrius Titenis[128] Judo
Swimming
196 Libya (LBA) リビア Ribia
197 Liechtenstein (LIE) リヒテンシュタイン Rihitenshutain
198 Liberia (LBR) リベリア Riberia
199 Romania (ROU) ルーマニア Rūmania Simona Radiş[c]
Robert Glință[130] Rowing
Swimming
200 Luxembourg (LUX) ルクセンブルク Rukusenburuku Christine Majerus
Raphaël Stacchiotti[131] Cycling
Swimming
201 Rwanda (RWA) ルワンダ Ruwanda
202 Lesotho (LES) レソト Resoto
203 Lebanon (LBN) レバノン Rebanon Ray Bassil
Nacif Elias[132] Shooting
Judo
204 United States (USA) アメリカ合衆国 Amerika Gasshūkoku Sue Bird
Eddy Alvarez[133] Basketball
Baseball
205 France (FRA) フランス Furansu Clarisse Agbegnenou
Samir Aït Saïd[134] Judo
Gymnastics
206 Japan (JPN) 日本 Nihon Yui Susaki
Rui Hachimura[135] Wrestling
Basketball

[michael21]

Netherlands will send 42 athletes/staff to opening ceremony, out of squad of 288



chef de mission (former swimming olympic champ) Pieter van den Hoogenband also said in a interview, we aim to break our medal record of 25 (which still stands since 2000)



there'll be no victory parties either, only after these 2 weeks those who had won anything can celebrate it only then


It a shame some have to miss it but there can go to the closing ceremony

[Nicky91]

ok ok


overall show wise very boring



the flag parade, i like certain countries with outfits into the culture of their nation


Cameroon for example, super stunning looking

Austria nice those lederhosen shorts :D




Italy disappointing look coming from the number one nation of fashion :fan:



TeamGB looked overall nice, also the flag bearers very proudly waving that flag :clap1:



TeamNL, Haha well my reaction for our male flag bearer to quote him ''Ik ben Blij Jonguh'' Churandy's usual catchphrase, amazing moment for such a wonderful guy :love:




nice they all still wave, even if just for the VIP guests, it shows what a important and special moment that is for them in their careers



and good most wear face masks :hee:, shame i had to see some without :nono:

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/mkmcdonald729/status/1418785199417090054

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1424286779528654850

while we are heading for this years closing ceremony, here's a look at some past closing ceremonies

[Nicky91]

any dignitaries in attendance of the closing ceremony

Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid

France's Prime Minister Jean Castex and Sandra Castex

Japan's crown prince Fumihito

USA's ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield


Much of the artistic and cultural sections of the ceremony will adhere to social distancing guidelines and the majority of segments will be pre-recorded

Many sequences of the ceremony will be pre-recorded

This will be the first time in Olympic history that the presentation will be performed via limited spectator capacity from Paris as French performers could not travel to Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. ''The flag will be passed by Yuriko Koike, the Governor of Tokyo, to IOC President Thomas Bach, who will then hand the Olympic flag over to Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris. It will be followed by the raising of the flag of France and the playing of its national anthem.'' that moment

[Ammi]

…wow, the emotion of those there watching that live…beyond incredible…:lovedup:…

[Ammi]

…such a jolly closing ceremony…

[Ammi]

… Tomotaka Okamoto has the most incredible and sensational soprano voice…:lovedup:…

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[12bigbrother12]

Looking forward to Paris 2024, sport on at a reasonable hour for us and full crowds.