The 85th Episode : Olympic cauldron at Barcelona
[June, 1997 Barcelona, Spain]
Do you remember the firing the holy fire at Barcelona Olympics in 1992? An ex-archery player fired shooting an arrow with the fire to reach the Olympic cauldron. When the arrow was just over the cauldron the holy fire was on, that was an exciting performance. It is widely talked that was one of the most dramatic and beautiful performances in the Olympic history.
Toni took me to the stadium to show it. That surprised me very much, how dare he shot the arrow to such a place. The arrow with fire flew over to get out of the stadium. There was a road and the other side was woods where the arrow reached.
They surely estimated, so all the traffic was stopped on the road and fire engines stood by, it’s said. Different from the flowery ceremony the people concerned outside of the stadium were nervous in the imminence atmosphere just to the moment.
What an amazing performance a foreign country does! Japan's fire stations wouldn't permit.
The world sport festival was opened glamorously with the firemen’s effort.
Muchas gracias!
