China chooses Uyghur athlete to deliver final Olympic flame at opening ceremony after nations condemn country’s record against Muslim minority.
With temperatures appropriately below freezing in the Chinese capital, the ceremony began with an opening sequence focused on youth and spring. The Olympics start on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, China’s biggest holiday, which is also known as Spring Festival.
The order of appearance was determined by stroke number in the first character of each country’s name in Chinese, with Turkey going second after Greece, which always enters first as the nation where the Olympics began. to be the flag bearers for Team USA at the opening ceremony. However, three-time Olympic speed skater Brittany Bowe walked on behalf of Meyers Taylor after she recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
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