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Question..is the host nation's team always the last in? (as otherwise that was stupid!)
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Yep, tradition these days is Greece first as the birthplace, the rest in alphabetical order and finally the host nation
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During the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the procession of athletes is always led by the Greek team, followed by all the other teams in alphabetical order (in the language of the hosting country), except for the last team which is always the team of the hosting country.
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http://history1900s.about.com/od/gre...ympicfacts.htm
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I've just watched the opening ceremony on Iplayer and it was truly brilliant ,it captured the essence of Britain perfectly to me and shows how much we have as a country given the rest of the world
well done to the organisers they did us proud
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Originally Posted by danielf
Brilliant music as well (are U2 now British?).
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I think that they were in it more as recognition for their charity work with underdeveloped countries which is one of the Olympic ideals
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I'm not sure if Muhammed Ali should have been there though. That bit was painful to watch.
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It was sad to see the worlds greatest sportsman in such a state
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hat was wrong with Paul McCartney though. He wasn't quite out of sync, but it sounded like he was performing in gale force winds?
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lets face it he never was a great singer and as he gets older his voice gets worse .