Whenever I see the Olympics opening ceremony, I'm VERY moved, VERY impressed, VERY excited, and I always think I want to see it live on site!
However, nothing shook my heart this time. I wonder why? It looked like something like an ordinary event.
I heard that the Washington Post also said similar things. The Associated Press (AP) said that number of people who watched the opening ceremony is 20% less than Sochi Olympics.
South and North Korea marched as "Korea" under a unified flag.
(from https://mainichi.jp)
South Korea might have wanted to express something like "reconciliation" or "a symbol of peace."
However, it's definitely a symbol of "political Olympics."
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Three things caught my eye.
A bird with a human face
I was very surprised and scared!
(http://news.livedoor.com)
Scary! Too scary!!Small kids who work hard
When athletes entered the stadium, women with a sign of a country name were ahead of each country as usual. Also kids walked beside them and most of them looked to try hard to walk fast.
(from http://tenmei.cocolog-nifty.com)
The athletes didn't seems to walk so fast, but looking at the women with the sign, they definitely walk quite fast. So for kids, especially the youngest kids must have had to walk fast. Such kids looked very cute, it must be tough for them though. Good job, kids!
Topless in a frigid climate
Tonga's flag bearer, Pita Taufatofua appeared topless, although PyeongChang Olympics is the coldest Olympics ever!
Cold, cold, freezing!!
He is famous, so you might know him. He attended the 2016 Rio summer Olympics as a taekwondo player and he also appeared as Tonga's flag bearer, in topless.
(left: PyeongChang , right: Rio)
(http://www.sankei.com)
This time, he attends the Olympics as a cross-country skier.
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