“Germany being a notable exception”
Spot on! Both colors they chose were so unappealing. Were they looking for the ugliest versions of those color spectrums?!
OK, I am a little confused. If there’s only 1 or 2 athletes competing from a country, why are there 5 people marching?
Usually Olympic committee officials from that country…
Coaches too I think?
I’m confused as to how some people are able to represent the countries that that do. For example one woman was representing her husbands country and another American was representing the country his grandparents were from.
Does anyone know how that works? Just wondering.
Sweet update. My cousin was sitting next to a Korean couple, who went and bought them hot snacks. Cousin says he hasn’t met such nice people.
Then, the busses to return to hotel had stopped. A young Korean man saw them walking, which would have taken 2 hours in cold, and drove them to hotel.
It’s up to each country. I think the Olympic Committee requires one to be naturalized in that country but that isn’t hard in many countries if you have an immediate family member from that country.
Inspiring to see North Korea and South Korea marching as one.
Does anyone else find it oddly ironic that North Korea’s actual name is the DEMOCRATIC People’s Republic of Korea?
I admit to being really moved by the joint march in and filled with a hopefulness that the world might be an even better place for future generations.
Thanks for the thoughts about coaches and Olympic reps. That’s probably it.
I also was struck by how many people were competing for countries they had a tangential relationship with. I had the sort of uncharitable thought about the Irish kid that maybe he couldn’t have made the US team. H is half Irish.
I agree that it is nice and hopeful to see SK and NK come in together but meanwhile, in other Olympic news, there is this:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43003564
and this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/politics/pence-north-korea-olympics.html
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I was hoping to keep Pence out of the Olympics. I think it would have been a nice gesture for Pence to have greeted the sister but I suppose feared being called a traitor.
I’d call it diplomacy.
I wish Pence could have brought himself to stand and cheer when the Korean athletes walked in, like everyone else in his vicinity was doing. Come on, that’s not committing oneself to anything but hope, peace and good manners.
I think even more disappointing was the fact that he and his wife didn’t bother to stand , as everyone else did, to applaud the joint Korean team entering the stadium. How is that not a hopeful moment that should be welcomed?
Also disrespectful to the host country?! Yeesh.
I love the joint Korean women’s hockey team! What a wonderful thing.
I think we have a new contender for the title of “The Ugly American.”
Made home just in time to watch the cauldron lighting! Wow. Fantastic!
All around, well done, South Korea!