Olympic Opening Update: Athens Stadium 12:00 AM Greek Time (spoliers)

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 8/14/04 7:00AM | Ben Kimber

[gopwinsin04]

Some Greeks stood up with thumbs down to protest, no audible booing or whistling..

The Iraqi and USA teams are mixing, with a number of athletes having a friendly chat in the middle.

Huge roar for the USA team, biggest at the games crowd keeping the energy level up.

Iraq entered to a roar, small male contingent proudly walking tall.

Interestingly, Iraqi team was flown to the games by the Australian Air Force.

North and South Korea recieve cheers as they enter together.

[big'ol_freeper]

Hooah...thanks for the intel.

[gopwinsin04]

Surprising that the good ol USA got a big reception from Old Europe!

[OldFriend]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU...........I am getting goosebumps just reading this.

[gopwinsin04]

At the very least I was expecting some whistles! This is great news..

[TomGuy]

It is too bad that NBC is covering the Olympics again. They have the most pathetic coverage. They miss events, delay live events, miss awards ceremonies.

Are there any internet streaming feeds?

[cyncooper]

Some Greeks stood up with thumbs down to protest, no audible booing or whistling..

I'm slow today...to protest what? I was thinking you meant the USA but then you said we got huge cheers.

Thanks for the update.

[dan_s]

Here's my list of top cheers as I remember:

1. Greece
2. Cyprus
3. Iraq
4. Australia
5. Palestine (eh?)
6. USA
7. Afghanistan
8. UK, France, Spain and other bigger european nations

And top silence:
1. Iran
2. Israel
3. South & North Korea (suprise)
4. Turkey (got sort of forced polite applause)

[OldFriend]

My guess is that the cheers for the USA will not be broadcast.......don't forget this is on tape.....so they have the ability to adjust what we see.

[Lexington Green]

This year the real Gold Medal should go to the American military.

[reed13]

ping

[GRRRRR]

The NBC website SUCKS for trying to get a decent SUMMARY of what is on TV and when...I'm going to fire up my PC Video recorder and record as much as I can...digitally.

Does ANYONE HAVE A SITE that can list all the channels and times and sports that we can follow?

I recorded every minute of TV from the '84 LA Oly's and it took me 18 or so VHS tapes...this time digital is it!

G

[BallyBill]

NBC... Nothing But Crap

[CDB]

Try CDB

[GRRRRR]

YOu mean HERE???

[sionnsar]

(spoliers)

OK. What's a "spolier" (pn. "SPOL-yea"?)

[Symix]

I can't stand Bob Costas! He destroyed last 20 years of Olympic Games for me - he uses them as a backdrop to the Bob Costas show!

And last Olympic that bitch Katie Curic (or as they call her "Katie Kurva") joined him - she totally could care less about sports - she reads prepared lines with a "I do you all a favor" tone.

Last Olympics, after the public outcry, they moved Bob Costas to a more obscure post, away from a microphone 24x7 - the son of the bitch is back again!

[Brytani]

Did you notice the Iraqi athletes were wearing Red, White & Blue ties?

[Symix]

Watch them operate - they will build some poor athlete up until he collapses; than they start on another. Every single time they are looking for the "controversy"; if they can not find one they will surely manufacture one! They can't live without the controversy - it is their bread and butter! Then they would have a legitimate reason to forget about all the sports events going on - they will pounce on the "controversy". Remember my words!

[Kozak]

All I had to hear was Perky Katie Kuric and I had to turn it right off.