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OP: July 27, 2012, 06:00:08 PM
Just finished watching the opening ceremony.

The kids were up at 5:30am!  So keen to watch it.  They've been talking about it for sometime.

Well done London on a very creative, artistic display!  The most beautiful set ever!!!!!

So this is the first Olympics of our forum.  We have so many nationalities represented here and I think we also represent how differnet cultures can relate to each other in peace and harmony.

I'm a christian living in a 'christian' country but it's on this forum where I feel I can truely open up, speak opeingly about my faith and culture and evryone is respectful. If I did that in the community I would get more of a sneer or strange look.  We are accepted no matter what our background and we get 2x4's with respect and because other's care.  It really is a safe place.

Thank you to everyone!  Now let the games begin!!!

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!!!

HUP HOLAND HUP!!!!

Go NEW ZEALAND!!  (Kikki - you'll need to enlighten me on what I need to cheer for my neighbours).
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Re: LONDON OLYMPICS - CHEER your country here!
#1: July 27, 2012, 06:10:01 PM
  SP Yay I am watching it now.  Really cool and beautiful..I barely caught that scene in the very beginning with cottages etc so nice to look at.
  I like the swimming....Go Michael Phelps....I love watching the faces of the parents in the audience. They are so happy and so proud. All the hard work paid off. ;D
  I can't believe how organized these things are. Humans can be amazing when they have their wits about them ... Thanks this is a great idea. 
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#2: July 27, 2012, 06:16:21 PM
O.k. now name your favorite Olympic memory! Mine is the U.S. ice hockey gold medal win!!!!

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#3: July 27, 2012, 06:48:13 PM
I LOVE the Olympics!!!   Always cheer for the USA but I have the greatest respect for all the athletes and sometimes cheer the individual rather than the country.  I actually have a friend ( from grad school) who's competing in the women's butterfly relay so in that event it's USA All the Way for me!!
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#4: July 27, 2012, 07:00:01 PM
My whole family watches the Olympics.

My favorite Olympic memory was when Sarah Hughes came from 4th place in the short program and took the Gold over the favorites by winning the free skate/long program.  Michelle Kwan was part of that competition, too.

Another fav memory was the year the USA lady gymnasts took the Team Gold.  I cannot remember  what year that was.  Mary Lou Retton's era?
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#5: July 27, 2012, 07:15:58 PM
Nice Show. It was very British. Loved the part of Bond & the Queen, the lightening of the cauldron and lots of the music.

Watched it with my siblings, mum, nephew, and paternal grandma. Now, go Portugal, go Britain.
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#6: July 27, 2012, 09:03:22 PM
This video has gone VIRAL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPIA7mpm1wU&feature=b-mv

Go Swimming!
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#7: July 27, 2012, 10:30:48 PM
Favourite Moment?  BEING at the sydney olympics, especially watching Cathy Freeman run in the 400 meteres.  This was the week before my wedding!

I'll also be watching out for the 8 month pregnant Malaysian shooter!!  You go girl!!!
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#8: July 27, 2012, 10:49:23 PM
D and I watched the opening ceremony and loved seeing all the athletes. While I do cheer for the US, I admit that I am also moved by the individual stories and athletes and celebrate all of their hard-earned successes. For me, the excitement of this year's games goes well beyond the boundaries of the United States. I am so thrilled that this is the first Olympics in which all of the more than 200 participating countries have sent women athletes to compete, and the United States has more women than men competing for the first time in history.

Even more wonderful is that, also for the first time EVER, Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia allowed women to compete in the games. I applauded in my living room when I saw that Bahiya al Hamad, of Qatar, was the flag bearer for her country.

These battles for more equality and representation have been hard fought and are long overdue, but as a woman, the mother of a daughter, a women's rights activist, and a citizen of the world, I celebrate these victories with great joy and hope for the future! Equality for one, is more equality for all.

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#9: July 28, 2012, 12:54:55 AM
 :D SP - Go New Zealand!  is probably it  ;D

Haven't seen the whole of the opening ceremony yet - but loved all that I saw of it.

I look forward to seeing all of those women athletes Phoenix - wonderful to hear.   :)
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