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Crossfire
Member
08-07-2001
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:07 am
Interesting thing about the team from Iraq... Their ties were red white and blue.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:08 am
Wow, nice short commercials. Spain, country number 67. Canada is #73. Spain, wearing white tops and red bottoms. Or wait... some of them are red/white, others are white/red. Some Spanish athletes are stopping! oops! Get moving, muchachos! Israel is next, but they're not out yet. "The Spanish team is taking longer to go by than the United States!" -- Announcer.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:08 am
They also just said, "Disorganized is the best way to describe the Spanish team. They're all over the place!" Oh, I missed that detail, Crossfire. Interesting indeed.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:09 am
LOL @ the announcers!
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:09 am
Isreal, weraing nice light grey shirts, lighter grey ties and white pants. Italy, tan blazers, white shirts, navy blue pants. Can anyone identify the three languages the countries are being annoucned it? I'm thinking Greek, French, English, in that order.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:10 am
One of my favorite female basketball players will be carrying the American Flag. Her name is Dawn Staley and not only does she play for the Charlotte Sting, she is also the head basketball coach for the Temple University Women's basketball team. She took them from a big time losing record to the NCAA tournament in only a few years. Not only that she works hands on with her foundation to help inner city youth in Philadelphia. She is an awesome athlete and person and I'm so glad that the captains of all the US teams have chosen to honor her by letting her carry the flag.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:10 am
Four nations away from CANADA!!!! An Italian athlete just kissed the camera. Very appealing. Kazakhstan, wearing entirely baby blue suits!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:11 am
Kazakhstan's flag bearer certainly looks serious ... but cute too! (I'm sorry I can't help it)
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:12 am
Canada!
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:13 am
Ladytex, here's a nice article I read on Dawn Staley yesterday: http://www.nbcolympics.com/wcau/5035706/detail.html
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:13 am
Cameroon, wearing copper/gold blazers, very nice. Cambodia, black blazers. CANADA!!! I SAW THE MAPLE LEAF!!!!!!! Here we go!!! White/red golf shirts, red pants. Looking very nice, very casual. Many wearing wreaths on their heads, around their necks. Showing Canadian fans in the audience.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:14 am
Canada seems very excited -- of course in red and white outfits. They seem more casual than other teams. Some wearing wreaths, some baseball caps, some not. Oh, there's Daniel Igali -- anyone watch the show on him last night? What a guy...
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:15 am
What is the NC (1977-2002) flag?
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:15 am
Huge contingent from Canada... Oh, they also have red Canada caps. Qatar... Sorry, can't see them, they're still showing Canada. Cayman Islands, same problem. Come on, guys, lets be fair and show the other teams.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:16 am
I was wondering the same thing, Yankee. Another country I can't see. Kenya, unseen. China, red blazers, white pants at first, then White tops, red pants, then back to red/white.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:17 am
Can you see Yao Ming carrying their flag???
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:17 am
Yes indeed, Hamsterlady.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:18 am

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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:18 am
Chinese athletes also stopping to wave. Let's keep the party moving, people, we want to see all the countries walk by. Back to the Canadian team on the far east side of the stadium. China is number 78, out of 202 nations.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:19 am
Kiribati, unseen. Colombia, unseen. Canadian athlete on cellphone. "I told you, Danny, you add the pepper BEFORE the onion! I can't really talk now! WHAT happened to the stove?!"
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:19 am
(oh, man, I'm getting NO work done today!) P.S. -- haha Padivius -- there are a LOT of them on their phone, aren't there? I don't think I like that in a pageant, actually. (but that's just my personal preference)
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:22 am
I missed one. Congo, small team. Korea (north and south together) Two flag bearers, one with red blazer, other with blue. One fore each of North Korea, South Korea. The athletes are also partitionned this way. They are marching in together, but they are competing seperately in the games. Costa Rica, wearing blue, white, red, as well as cowboy hats. Cuba, white blazers, light blue shirts, dark blue pants.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:23 am
Yippee -- the Cook Islands! One of my favorite places to visit! Kuwait has their first-ever female athlete this year. She's 16.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:25 am
Kuwait, featuring their first female athlete in the Olympics, who is only 16 years old. Male flagbearer topless, wearing many necklaces. Croatia, wearing shirts of red and white. Interestingly patterned. Cyprus, big cheer, some in black, some in white. Laos (Or Lao People's Democratic Republic}. Wearing white blazers. Lesotho, unseen due to more Canadian footage. Commercial.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:29 am
MORE coverage of the canadian team. Live interview with a Canadian Athlete on the field over her cellphone.
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