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Originally Posted by trogg Yea... crispy athlete.... and put another shrimp on the Barbee.
I think it was the archer at the Los Angeles Olympics (1988?) missing the cauldron that bought home the fantasy of it all. |
I think LA was '84 .. was it the '92 Barcelona Olympics where the Archer missed?
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Originally Posted by trogg As for the avatar.... the Almighty Kall (our creator) has to take the credit for that one.  |
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Originally Posted by Daily Times.com The most grisly blunder came in Seoul in 1988 when dozens of doves released earlier in the opening ceremony alighted on the Olympic cauldron.
When the flame was lit, several of the birds were caught in the flames to the horror of watching spectators. Four years later Barcelona organisers wisely saved the release of doves for the Olympic finale. At the flame-lighting, Spanish organisers recruited the services of an archer to fire a burning arrow into the cauldron.
At first glance the gimmick worked. But a closer inspection revealed that the flame had lit automatically as the arrow missed its target, sailing yards wide. Four years later and organisers of the Atlanta Olympics recruited the services of boxing legend Muhammad Ali to do the honours.
The appearance of the former world heavyweight champion – shaking uncontrollably through Parkinson’s syndrome – electrified the fans.
Yet the torch lighting itself was a flop. A pulley used to haul the flame up to the torch bowl was tortuously slow and to make matters worse the cauldron itself – derided as looking like a carton of McDonalds french fries – burned and blackened during the Games. |