Friday 17 August 2012

Goodbye 2012 Olympic Games

Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes,waving the Olympic
Flag during the closing ceremony. Source: www.google.co.za
With an opening at the end ther must be a closing, this closing ceremony was more of a a party. This past Sunday ( 12 August 2012) I got the opportunity to watch the London 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony which started at 21:00pm. This event was held at the Olympic Stadium. I decided to watch this closing ceremony so that Icould see if it would be a success like the opening ceremony which was a success. As I expected I must say it was a success because I could tell that the organisors did put alot of effort in organising this closing ceremony. With any event or ceremony that becomes a disaster it will receive bad publicity for the company or an organisation. This sport event featured more than
    The view of the Olympic Cauldron being extinguished
    Source: www.google.co.za
  • 4100 performers
  • 3500 adult volunteers
  • 380 schoolchildren from six east London Host Boroughs
 To signify the end of the 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic cauldron was extinguished at one minute past midnight. this ceremony commenced with fireworks. The guests of honour included:
  • IOC President Jacques Rogge and
  • Prince Harry
It would have not been a successful closing ceremony if it was not for these artists who performed:
  • Emeli Sande
  • Jessi J
  • Tinie Tempah
  • Taio Cruz and the
  • Spice Girls just to name a few


The Spice Girls entertaining the audience
Source: www.google.co.za
Will the next Olympic Games in 2016 which will be held in Rio de Janeiro be this successfull? I guess we will just have to wait and see in 2016.

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10 comments:

  1. Unknown17 August 2012 at 06:31

    It was a well planned event i must say, but i was really not impressed with the closing ceremony compared to the opening. The NBC cutted most of the important parts like the standing ovation for the volunteers and Michaels perfomances.

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    1. Unknown21 August 2012 at 03:16

      I agree with Siphokazi I also enjoyed the opening ceremony more than the opening ceremony

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  2. Unknown17 August 2012 at 07:06

    I think that the 2016 Olympics is going to be more success, than this one because times are changing so does the technology and people are starting to have interest in sport.

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    1. Unknown21 August 2012 at 03:17

      Technology improve now and then so i also think by 2016 maybe things will improve drastically

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  3. Unknown17 August 2012 at 08:33

    What an event it was. I still maintain that the event was a big success and we cannot wait for the next Olympics that will be held in Rio to commerce. Thanks to the organisers, what a job well done.

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    1. Unknown21 August 2012 at 03:19

      This was a really successful sport event and the organisors did a terrific job

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  4. Unknown17 August 2012 at 14:13

    The event was in full party mode as it bidded farewell to the Olympic Games, and I am certain that the olympixcs contributed so much to London's economy. This year's olympics were astonoshing, surely the RIO DE Janeiro will be more entertaining and glorious than ever as there is transformation to our technology

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    1. Unknown21 August 2012 at 03:22

      I surely believe and hope that the 2016 olympics will improve from this years event to something more amazing.

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  5. Unknown22 August 2012 at 05:39

    Indeed it was a phenomenal events that was well planned and managed

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    1. Unknown24 August 2012 at 00:22

      Yes it was lets hope the next Olympics orthe paralympics will also be a success.

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