Share this: Twitter Reddit Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Author: petermount1 Prolific Open Source developer who also works in the online gaming industry during the day. I think first reply should be in the language of the host country. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public.
Name required. Next Next post: How far back can you find a reference to yourself online? Follow Following. Peter Mount's Blog Join 2, other followers. Well, it seems because the IOC said so. The committee is, after all, based in Lausanne in Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. He saw the Games as an embodiment of noble ideals with a role in promoting peace and cross-cultural understanding.
In addition, he believed the competition itself, the struggle to overcome opponents, was more important than winning:.
More than athletes from OIF member countries will be competing, and OIF will provide French translation during all athlete press conferences. The Olympics is meant to promote international friendship and cooperation among participating nations, and the OIF will ensure that French-speaking countries won't be forgotten.
November See All Trying Birth After. Raising Kids. The father of the modern Olympic Games was Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin - he was behind the revival and modernising of the ancient games. The French baron was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states.
They were held every four years, or Olympiad and took place to honour Zeus, with the last recorded celebration was in AD And so, any official announcements during the Olympics will be made in French, English and Japanese. During the closing ceremony, the commentary will follow these rules, with the three languages spoken to announce what's happening. In a similar tradition, Greece always opens the flag parade ceremony as the founding country of the Olympics.
The opening ceremony of the Olympics is normally a star-studded display, however, this year is eerily silent. There are fewer than 1, people in attendance with strict social distancing rules and signs calling on the spectators to "be quiet around the venue.
Only 15 global leaders are in attendance, along with Emperor Naruhito, who will formally open the Games as his grandfather Hirohito did in , and United States First Lady Jill Biden. And while athletes usually pack the venue to parade around the stadium during the opening ceremony, only around 20 athletes per team were seen this year.
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