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Highlights of the london olympics opening ceremony. As mandated by the olympic charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes with an artistic spectacle to. London 2012opening ceremony videos best olympic videos. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display skip to content. The 2018 winter olympics open in pyeongchang, south korea. In early 2009, crystal was appointed as the official digital imaging services supplier for the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games.
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