Midori Ito Lights Olympic Cauldron

Here's a link to a lovely photo of 1989 World Champion Midori Ito lighting the Olympic cauldron in Nagano, 1998. What a great memory that was!


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You know I had to miss the Olympics that year...lived in Brazil and they are just not into winter sports. So, I did not see Riverdance, Elvis's groin pull (have to be careful here...too much info!?)

I missed this lighting of the caldron. While I do agree that Midori was an excellent choice to light it, this picture looks like we are celebrating a BBQ.

Back then I wished that technology would be at the point that I could watch performances "in video" on the web...now it is so easy...last night I watche B&K's LP again. 5 years is a long time

SWW

True....and because the US television networks did not televise the figure skating events LIVE as they happened, we all saw them
on tape. Unless you were residing in a cave, you knew the results. I heard about Tara Lipinski's victory over Michelle Kwan on CBS-radio while I was at work. So....there wasn't much drama in watching the figure skating competitions.

Cool!

Cool! Thanks SkateFan4Life!

I'm not as proficient in posting photos as IdleRacer, but I can find those websites!

Midori looked absolutely stunning as she lit the Olympic flame!!