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Jul 23, 2021 Lighting the Olympic cauldron, even at a Games somewhat deflated by the coronavirus pandemic, is one of the highest honors in sport. Names as big as Wayne Gretzky and Muhammad Ali have done it, but so have an obscure archer and a 12-year-old schoolgirl. So predicting who will do it at this year’s opening ceremony Friday must be a near impossible task, right? Well consider that The New York Times correctly predicted in 2016 that Vanderlei de Lima, a marathon bronze medalist, would get the honor. In 2012, a group of unknown teenagers were chosen to light the cauldron, bu...
vertically. that first plane taking off was about half that distance. the second plane was a little further away, but of course the large planes, heavy planes, traveling at high speeds, it's still pretty scary. the faa says they are investigating the incident. carol? to syria now. where after a 16-month crackdown that the u.n. says has killed nearly 17,000 people, syrian rebels are set to receive help from the united states. officials telling cnn that president obama approved giving clandestine support, secret support by the cia and other agencies. the order comes after a failure b...
nathan adrian beating the aussie missile in the 100 meter freestyle finish. you've just got to see it. when is gold actually green? olympians being taxed for their gold, silver, and bronze. does first place really mean a $9,000 tax bill? skipping, pirouettes, the extended trot. a 15-year-old mayor enters the olympic sport of dressage today. why is this news, you ask? rafalka is ann romney's horse. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. just in this morning, a collision narrowly averted at reagan national airpo...
that end up not going quite right in the first day or so, and those will be ironed out and then the games, themselves begin, the very few mistakes will be overwhelmed by the many things that the athletes carry out that capture the spirit of the games. i also applaud the work of the organizing committee in bringing the olympic experience right into the heart of london to look out of the back side of 10 downing street and see a venue having been constructed, knowing that athletes will be carrying out their come petition almost the backyard of the prime minister is really quite an accom...