Who lit the flame of the 1 1 Winter Olympics?

On February 3rd, 1972, the opening ceremony of the 11th Winter Olympics was held in the outdoor stadium of Sapporo Forest Park. Emperor Hirohito announced the opening of the Winter Olympics, and IOC President brundage delivered a speech. This is the last Winter Olympics in which brundage is the president of the International Olympic Committee. Japanese speed skater Keiichi Suzuki took the oath on behalf of the athletes, Fumio Asazaki took the oath on behalf of the referee, and a student named Hideyoshi Takada lit the main torch tower of the conference.

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The emblem of this Winter Olympics consists of three independent elements: the rising sun in Ran Ran symbolizes the Japanese Yamato nation; A snowflake represents an ancient Japanese family badge and also represents the Winter Olympics. Olympic rings, the venue "Sapporo" and the holding time.

The torch of this Winter Olympics is made of stainless steel and light aluminum alloy. It has a cylindrical combustion tube and a tubular handle. It is engraved with the words "Sapporo 1972" and the emblem of this Winter Olympics. The shape of the lower bowl echoes the shape of the Olympic Torch Tower.

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Compared with Europe and America, Japan is not a strong country in ice and snow sports. In previous Winter Olympics, it only won the silver medal of 1956 in Cotina Danpezzo.

However, Sapporo, Japan, won the right to host the 1972 Winter Olympics by defeating Banff of Canada, Lati of Finland and Salt Lake City of the United States.

1 1 The Sapporo Winter Olympics will be held from February 3rd to February 3rd. 1972. A total of 35 countries and regions were invited to participate, with athletes 1006, including 206 women and 800 men. The Philippines participated for the first time. Taiwan Province province of China also participated in the competition. The events in this competition are exactly the same as those in the last one. The total number of events is still 6 major events and 35 individual events. The Sapporo Olympic Games also attracted great interest from the press, with 3,895 journalists covering the meeting.

Like the 18 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, the host organized a huge torch relay. After the torch was passed from Olympia to Japan, the General Assembly organized 65,438+05,000 teenagers aged 65,438+065,438+0 to 20 to carry out the torch relay. At the opening ceremony on February 3rd, a student named Hideyoshi Takada lit the flame of the conference.

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