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Laluna
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:31 am
TY so much for doing this, Padivius!! My best friend in the world is at the ceremony right now...wish I could see it live! Great job!! :-)
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:31 am
And NOW we're talking to her husband! Even though they can't hear the announcers and what they are saying.
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Laluna
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:32 am
lol
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:33 am
Great Britain, wearing white blazers. I was right earlier about Tony Blair, they just showed him again. Princess Anne shown, former Olympic athlete?! Interesting! Mexico, some wearing entirely tan suits, others entirely green suits. 2012 Summer Olympics in Paris? Did I hear right? 2006: Turino, Italy, I know that for sure. 2010: Vancouver, Canada, I know that for sure. Anybody know about 2008 or 2012 for sure?
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:37 am
Oh no, I went for a Popsicle and missed some! Bangladesh, missed. Barbados, wearin ROOTS brand shirts (a Canadian company). Bahamas, wearing blue blazers (a very interesting shad eof blue too, I can't identify it.) Bahrain, long red robes. Very original.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:37 am
Belize, four athletes, very conservative suits. Another break?!?
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:38 am
It's Beijing in 2008, I don't think 2012 is decided yet. I hope I'm still here (Vancouver) in 2010.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:39 am
Princess Anne competed as an Equestrian back in the 1970's.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:42 am
New Zealand, Navy Blue suits. Another Canadian interview via cellphone.
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Laluna
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:44 am
Padivius...you should have been hired to commentate on the Ceremonies...you're doing a great job, IMO...and cracking me up, too!
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:46 am
Norway, all-white suits. Oh wait, no, very light tan blazers. South Africa, wearing darkwhite/blue robes. Netherlands, Wearing white suits, red ties. OH, I just realized how those signs (country names) work! Netherlands' Antilles, four athletes. Oman, Six athletes, in white robes. Honduras, very excited flagbearer, tan/brown blazers. Hungary, first third weraing light blue, second third wearing white, back third in blue again. Uganda, in almost all black, small contingent.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:47 am
Yeah...and I would stand by with popsicles so you wouldn't have to miss anything! lol!
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:49 am
Uzbekistan, colourful outfits, followed by tan suits. Ukraine!, combination of tan and blue suits, fairly large group. Uruguay, nice, yellow blazers and shirts. "URU 146" sign?? Pakistan, in black blazers and tan pants.
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:51 am
Palestine, flagbearer with a peace sign with her hands. I'm missing the next two countries due to commentary on Palestine/Israel/Greece politics. And now there's a commercial.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:51 am
Here's Dawn Staley:

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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:51 am
Thanks, Hamsterlady, I hadn't seen that article!!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:53 am
Canadian contingent:

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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:56 am
Poland, in dusty rose suits (for the women) and tan suits (for the men) Peru was mentionned, but I think they were before Poland. Portugal, deep red (I hesitate to say "blood red") blazers, with tams on their heads. Puerto Rico, mostly black blazers, scattered red blazers with a 40% chance of white shirts. Macedonia (introduced as "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia") Rwanda, in white. Romania, in differing shades of blue. Men in sky blue, women in baby blue. Russia (Russian Federation), dressed in off-white... ("mother-of-pearl"??) They are ALSO stopping for recognition!
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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:57 am
Wow, awesome, Yankee, how did you do it?
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:58 am
(Photo credits: AP and Reuters)
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 11:59 am
From the opening ceremony:

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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:00 pm
Interview with another Canadian athlete via cellphone. (Who happens to be from my city!}
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:00 pm
Thanks Yankee! 
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:01 pm
USA Team:

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Padivius
Member
08-21-2003
| Friday, August 13, 2004 - 12:04 pm
Slovakia (Missed) Slovenia, in off-white as well. Solomon Islands, male opless flagbearer, small contingent in colourful uniforms. Somalia in very light blue, five athletes. Swaziland, in colourful shirts, tans pants. Sudan in white/tan robes. Sweden, blue pinstripe blazers. Commercial break.
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