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Originally Posted by djh
I was in GM Place hearing the announcement live. Jack Rogge took AGES to say "Vancouver" - I think he had trouble with the envelope or something. The suspense in the auditorium was unbelievable.
Whenever they play back that clip in news segments now, they always edit out the big pause so it sounds like one smooth sentence:
"The 2010 Winter Olympic games are awarded to...Vancouver".
It was more like:
"The 2010 Winter Olympic games are awarded to...
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...FON-Coo-Fur".
and we all had to double-take to see where he meant because his accent made it sound so different. There was a millisecond pause while we all computed...and then, INSANE screaming all around!
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That's incredibly cute. Even without knowing that, I had picked up on the hesitation when watching the edited clips of the moment.
I actually have no recollection of it. That was during a really busy time of my life, and I probably was just busy with work.
I didn't live in Vancouver then, and had never visited. I really didn't know much at all about Vancouver. At some point even before I first visited I knew Vancouver would be hosting the Olympics in 2010, but I can't recall when I found out. I probably just heard it on the news or read it somewhere and mentally filed it away.
It's nice hearing of all of your memories about the announcement.