Peter Jordens has shared with us the many links related to the Independent Olympic Athletes—three of which are from Curaçao. Apparently, the Independent Olympic Athletes made a spectacular entrance during the Opening Ceremony’s fast-paced Parade of Nations stealing the show from Queen Elizabeth and James Bond (Daniel Craig), who pretend-parachuted into the stadium from a helicopter with their dance routine.
As Jordens writes, three of the four independent Olympic athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games in London are from Curaçao—Liemarvin Bonevacia (track and field – 400 m), Reginald de Windt (judo – 81 kg division); Philipine van Aanholt (sailing – laser radial class)—who joined their South Sudan counterpart Guor Marial (track and field – marathon) in the parade. Other Curaçaoan athletes, who are also competing at the London Olympics but under the flag of the Netherlands, are Churandy Martina (track and field – 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay), Brian Mariano (track and field – 4x100m relay), and Jean-Julien Rojer (tennis – doubles).
Olympic Studs of the Day: Independent Olympic Athletes:
http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/07/28/olympic-studs-of-the-day-independent-olympic-athletes
Independent Olympic Athletes are popular/trending:
http://www.twee.co/topics/independent-olympic-athletes
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http://whatthetrend.com/trend/Independent%2BOlympic%2BAthletes
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http://whotalking.com/Independent+Olympic+Athletes
, and
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/independent-olympic-athletes
Independent Olympic Athletes Are Highlights of the Parade:
http://wegotthiscovered.com/news/independent-olympic-athletes-parades-unexpected-cool-kids
The highlight of the procession was almost certainly the entrance of the independent Olympic athletes:
http://bayarea.sbnation.com/2012/7/27/3197816/london-olympics-opening-ceremony-live
and
http://www.sbnation.com/london-olympics-2012/2012/7/27/3197692/independent-olympic-athletes-opening-ceremony-gifs
[...] Here are the countries and the number of representatives: Antigua and Barbuda (4); Aruba(4); Barbados (6); Bahamas (26); Belize (3); Bermuda (8); Grenada (10); British Virgin Islands (1); Cayman Islands (5);Cuba—with the largest contingent from the region (110); Dominica (2); Dominican Republic (35); Guyana (6); Haiti (5); Jamaica (46); Puerto Rico (25); St. Kitts and Nevis (7); St Lucia (4); St Vincent and the Grenadines (3); Suriname (5); Trinidad and Tobago (31); and the U.S. Virgin Islands (7). For Curaçao, see previous post Independent Olympic (Curaçaoan) Athletes Steal the Show. [...]
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