Beware - Olympic pic spam part the first

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The five Olympic rings in fire - http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r1466688860&prov=Reuters
http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r2245661323&prov=Reuters

A fertility goddess of one sort or another - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mkf.html

More statues - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mkm.html
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mt2.html

Alexander the Great - http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=olyth11408132250.greece_olympics_opening_ceremony_olyth114&prov=AP

Actually the way they did the people in opening who were supposed to be statues was so good. It doesn't come across half as well in the pictures. Whoever thought of it and those who made it work really deserve many plaudits.

Also while it was arty, it was arty that made sense - mostly.

Croatian team - http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r2131437711&prov=Reuters

The two Koreas under one flag, there's hope for us all then isn't there - http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=olymos16308132214.greece_olympics_opening_ceremony_olymos163&prov=AP
http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r3877391428&prov=Reuters

Federer with the Swiss flag - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mlk.html

The Kiribati team - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mns.html

One of the Burundi team - http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r1585490091&prov=Reuters

Popov carrying the Russian flag - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mpa.html

Paradorn Srichaphan and the Thai flag - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mpw.html

The flag runner - one of the coolest bits of a really good ceremony - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040814/8/5npu.html

During the stop for the first World War -http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mp6.html

The Olympic flag being borne around the stadium - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040814/8/5myu.html I wish I had a better picture of this.

The torch bearer - http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r3025254574&prov=Reuters
http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r987058674&prov=Reuters

Flame lighting - http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r4284408618&prov=Reuters

Flame and torch bearer - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mq8.html

The flame - http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/photo?slug=r1829801154&prov=Reuters

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/3/5mrq.html

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040813/5/5mpe.html

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Random photo of Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, the chief organiser of these Olympics and queen of all she surveys - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040802/3/5e3c.html

Picture of the design on the medals, Nike featuring promenantly - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040729/2/5b2d.html

Adorable picture of the finishing touches being put to the velodrome - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040811/5/5jxo.html

Since I know someone on my friends list seems to have a thing for twins - http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040811/5/5k3w.html