Special Olympics World Games: Opening Ceremony

Saturday, 17 June 2023

insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin

By Patrick Burke at the Olympiastadion in Berlin

Timeline

10 months ago: Berlin 2023 Special Olympics World Games Opening Ceremony concludes
10 months ago: Rensmann lights Special Olympics Flame
10 months ago: Special Olympics World Games opened by Steinmeier
10 months ago: Oaths taken at Opening Ceremony
10 months ago: We are one world the second act of the Ceremony
10 months ago: Special Olympics flag raised at Opening Ceremony
10 months ago: Shriver says athletes "the experts at turning every form of pain into triumph"
10 months ago: German basketball legend Nowitzki on stage at Opening Ceremony
10 months ago: Unbeatable together motto the centre of first show act
10 months ago: Germany conclude Parade of Nations
10 months ago: Ukraine enter Olympiastadion to huge ovation
10 months ago: Namibia start second half of the alphabet at Parade of Nations
10 months ago: Sizeable teams from Hungary, Indonesia and India enter Olympiastadion
10 months ago: Parade of athletes begins with Greece first into the stadium
10 months ago: German President among guests for Opening Ceremony
10 months ago: Volunteers receive plaudits prior to Opening Ceremony
10 months ago: Evangelista outlines hopes for Berlin 2023
10 months ago: Special Olympics World Games to "create strong momentum for an inclusive society", says Faeser
10 months ago: Shriver hopes Berlin 2023 can help "change the world"
10 months ago: Welcome to the Special Olympics World Games

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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