Young Olympians capture the moment with IOC boss Thomas Bach
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Selfies were the club of the solar daytime – in addition to the club of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach – at the opening of 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games inwards Nanjing, China.
At the pulsating Opening Ceremony IOC President Thomas Bach spoke straight to the 3800 immature athletes taking business office inwards the Games at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre to encourage them to percentage the minute past times taking a “selfie”.
“Dear immature athletes, these are your Games. This is your moment. So, immature athletes, delight bring together me: Let us all capture it – thus acquire your smart phones out in addition to let’s ready a tape for selfies,” President Bach said, earlier existence joined on phase past times 5 YOG athletes – Lilia Maamar (Equestrian) from Morocco, Jaheel Hyde (Athletics) from Jamaica, Dilixiati Dilana (Basketball) from China, Ivana Jorovic (Tennis) from Serbia, in addition to Gabrielle Fa’amausili (Swimming) from New Zealand – amongst whom he took his ain “YOG selfie”. Everyone inwards attendance was thus asked to post their selfies to #YOGselfie.
“By sending this selfie … yous are sending a rigid message around the world,” President Bach continued. “You are showing your passion for sport in addition to for fair competition. You are demonstrating that Olympic sport reaches beyond competition. It is also near sharing, learning in addition to making friends across our globe.”
Four equestrians had the accolade of carrying their country’s flag at the Opening Ceremony; Lilia Maamar (Morocco), Jake Saywell (Britain), Hamad Nased Al Qadi (Qatar) in addition to Hisham Alsuwayni (Saudi Arabia). Earlier inwards the solar daytime they spent fourth dimension amongst the other 26 equestrians at the Games getting to know their balloted horses.
The Opening Ceremony was produced past times Chen Weiya, the executive manager of the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In the truthful spirit of the YOG, the demo got off to a lively get-go in addition to remained that agency throughout the extravaganza inwards a ceremony tailored to appeal to immature people in addition to demonstrate the youthful vitality in addition to spirit of the YOG. There were 4000 performers inwards total, 95 percentage of whom were immature students from Chinese universities.
The Ceremony highlighted the keen history of Nanjing in addition to China, its icons in addition to landmarks, including the Purple Mountain Observatory in addition to the Yunjin brocade. Explorer Zheng He’s expeditionary voyages to the W in addition to the evolution of the Silk Road were also showcased, every bit was the Nanjing 2014 topic vocal “Dianliang Weilai,” or “Light Up to Meet the Future,” which was performed past times an international alternative of singers from China, the South Korea in addition to Russia.
The Opening Ceremony was attended past times such dignitaries every bit President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in addition to IOC Honorary President Jacques Rogge.
The 2nd edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games runs from August xvi to 28.
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