omg! the lighting of the Olympic flame is so amazing!

August 9th, 2008 by Sexy Mom · Viewed 1083 times · 8 Comments

and the fireworks–that’s what you call grandeur to the max.

I am speechless, awed with the fantastic play of fireworks.

Final Olympic torch bearer, Li Ning, hoisted by cables soared through the air, slow-motion running along the top of the Bird’s Nest. He ran along the upper edge of the stadium, while tracing the image of an unrolling scroll, which shows joyful scenes from the long relay.

The cauldron is the end of the scroll looks enormous. Li Ning lights it, and in seconds the flames!. Then the real fireworks show began. It was sooooo amazing. It was a shining moment for China–can you beat that?

At that moment, pride swelled in my heart–as the world was one in this amazing moment.

From Wikipedia:

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Li Ning (Simplified Chinese: 李宁; Traditional Chinese: 李寧; Pinyin: Lǐ Níng;) is a famous Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur. He was born in a Zhuang family on September 8, 1963 in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China and gained his Bachelor of Law and EMBA degrees from Peking University.

Li is most famous for winning 6 medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, including 3 gold medals (in floor exercise, pommel horse, and rings), 2 silver medals, and a bronze medal. In 1982, he won six of the seven medals awarded at the Sixth World Cup Gymnastic Competition, earning him the title “Prince of gymnastics”.

Li retired from sporting competition in 1988, and in 1990 he founded the Li-Ning Company Limited, which sells footwear and sporting apparel in China. Li remains chairman of the company’s board of directors.

Li was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2000. He became the first Chinese inductee of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

At the Beijing 2008 Olympics Li Ning ignited the cauldron at the opening ceremony after being hoisted hundreds of feet into the air with cables.

Tags: 2008 Beijing Olympics

8 responses so far ↓

kyels // Aug 9, 2008 at 9:45 am

I’d be swelling w/pride too if I was watching that but right now I’m waiting for the video to load.

I have to say that I’m proud of the unity that all the nations have created. W/O this the athletes may not be able to come this far to compete w/the best of the bests from other nations.
Tom // Aug 9, 2008 at 9:49 am

Hi Dine. Nice meeting you at the party last night.

I arrived home from the party just in time for this spectacular and amazing cauldron lighting and the fireworks.
annamanila // Aug 9, 2008 at 8:03 pm

The Olympic torch is a symbol of world unity and camaraderie. It is sad that the torch is crushed or dimmed in the mad scramble for medals and parochial pride.
annamanila // Aug 9, 2008 at 8:08 pm

I watched the video and it is really something ..hoisted by hundreds of cables, you said. Wow to the nth power!
Mari // Aug 10, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Ugh! The video is no longer available. I watched the opening, but I missed that part where Li Ning lighted the cauldron.

You are right, Dine, it was a spectacular show.
vk // Aug 11, 2008 at 5:44 am

ang ganda talaga sa opening ng olympic games, nanood kami start from the beg, up to the end,
kaming 4 talaga.
fantastic talaga, ang idea nila………believe ang mga german sa idea ng chinese.
Rach (Heart of Rachel) // Aug 12, 2008 at 2:17 pm

I was sick in bed but I made it a point not to miss the spectacular opening of the Olympics. I was awed by the brilliance of the presentations and lightning of the torch.
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