part of the cauldron
In the 2012 Parade of Nations, the girls leading each country's athletes were carrying the petal of a giant flower. Its purpose becomes evident at the end. When the games are finished, the flower will be dismantled and each country gets to take a petal home.
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The Olympic Games are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions with thousands of athletes from across the world. The Olympics Games originated long ago in ancient Greece.
Great Britain spent about £440 million on their athletes during the four-year period leading up to the Beijing Olympics. That's over £9.3 million per medal. Team GB - Gold19, Silver13, Bronze15. Total 47.
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America is THE leading country.
The USA is in the lead on Sunday afternoon with 103 Medals and 45 Gold Medals to China 87 and 38 and they are few Medals left to be won China are leading the medal table at this moment
Because Greece invented and held the first Olympic Games over a couple of centuries;the modern Olympics started in the 1800s and Greece has been given the honour of leading the nations march. Because the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC were held in Greece. These games are commonly called the 'ancient Olympics'. Because of that Greece is honored by being the first country to enter the stadium during opening and closing ceremonies.
I really depends on how many athletes qualify for each event. The more populas the country the more athletes they will send to the games. Each event has pre qualifiing rounds leading up to the olpymics. If a county qualifies then they can send those athletes to the games.
23 ... 9 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze. Norway's leading medal winner at the 2010 Olympics was cross country skier Marit Bjørgen with 5 (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
Australia is not only a continent but the entire continent is one country. So obviously Australia is the leading country.
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