Spanish Hams
by Josh Gerstein
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 at 10:09 AM
The athlete's procession is well under way now. Iraq, whose team was almost excluded from the Olympics in a dispute with the International Olympic Committee, just entered and got a loud roar from the crowd.
Some rare spontaneity introduced by the Spanish team, whose members repeatedly broke out of the procession line to rush TV cameras and to respond to Spaniards in the stands. The TV feed in the stadium studiously avoided the Spanish antics. Eventually, young men with headsets and Chinese flags appeared and began urging the Spanish Olympians to keep moving. One effusive Spanish athlete listened to such a plea and gave the Chinese stage manager a big hug.
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