Since we’re on the topic of olympics.. I was disappointed by the anti-climax cauldron lighting this year, especially since the opening ceremony itself was great.
I always had a vague memory of a guy shooting a flamed arrow into the cauldron to light up the olympic flame. After looking up youtube, turns out it’s from the 92′ Barcelona Olympics. I have no idea how I recall this as it means I was just 2 years old.
“Billions of people around the globe gasped in admiration as the archer bravely found his target with unerring accuracy.
Or so it seemed.
In reality, he had not actually landed the arrow in the middle of the cauldron – he had fired it way outside the stadium as instructed.
Organisers dared not risk his aim failling short and landing into the grandstand and instead told him to fire it directly over the target area… some pyrotechnics-helpful camera angles would take care of the visual effect.”
