Jacques Rogge Speech - Opening Ceremony - London 2012 Olympic Games

[@monkey3782]

Most unemotional man on the planet!

[@MvRxRapidzZx]

A Great speech by Jacques Rogge at the Opening Ceremony of London's 2012 Olympic Games Long live the Spirit of Sport, The Olympic Games,and-thank you to all who played their part to Entertain the World, Bringing Continents ,Nations and People Together ,in Friendship , Peace and Harmony.

[@ntsil]

@Mtbdrum It wasn't Athens that started the games. It was a place near Sparta, called Olympia, where the Olympics started. Even if Athens was the town to start the Olympics, I can't understand why Athens is separated from Greece. Athenians used the Greek language, participated in greek customs and, generally, had a greek identity. Therefore, in any case, the Olympic games are a Greek creation. Congratulations to the British people for their extraordinary opening ceremony.

[@Kytori95]

I assume Englsh isn't his first language, kudos to him really.

[@walkthroughking14]

He's from Belgium

[@pauluk72]

I wouldn't be so sensitive. He was only thanking Britain for their contribution to the modern Olympic movement...of course everyone knows that the Olympics originated in Greece.

[@Mtbdrum]

Greece? It was Athens, the small city state, that created the Olympics. Spartans were only intressted in war and the rest of the small states that made up the contemporary Greece were domestic farmers. So, we should thank Athens and the Romans.

[@Usurakage]

Cette vidéo est plutôt cocasse

[@dominiquebeaulieu]

Not enough French in his speech. He represents the Olympic movement so it should be at least 50% in French, the official language of Olympics.

[@PastPresented]

He's Belgian, so he has to be a realist about languages

[@DazzaS83]

Cant be easy though to make a speech in a language which is not natural to you