Olympic opening ceremony now in the live ticker: Games start with bitter news for Germany

Created: 2022-02-04 2:16 p.m

By: Antonio Jose Riether

Greece was the first nation to come through the gate of the National Stadium in Beijing.

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Olympic opening ceremony 2022 in the live ticker: Today the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing start with a festive ceremony.

Every information is here.

• The Winter Olympics are already underway, and the opening ceremony will take place on Friday (from 1 p.m. CET).

• The two German flag bearers enter the national stadium late.

• The celebrations begin at 1 p.m., and all the information is available in the live ticker.

>>> UPDATE LIVE TICKER <<<

Update, 2:16 p.m .:

The teams from Montenegro, Chile, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Mongolia and New Zealand have now also arrived.

It will soon be the turn of the German flag bearers!

Update, 2:10 p.m .:

“We are happy, even if we are the fourth from last nation,” says standard bearer Francesco Friedrich on the ZDF microphone.

Claudia Pechstein and the bobsledder will carry the flag into the stadium together.

The representatives from Estonia, Haiti, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, Slovakia, Portugal and South Korea will enter the sports arena.

Update, 2:04 p.m .:

Parallel to Verdi’s triumphal march, the representatives from Trinidad and Tobago, Peru and Ireland come in.

Update, 2:01 p.m .:

The kick-off event has already been running for an hour.

The teams from American Samoa, Thailand, the Netherlands, Georgia and Colombia are now there too.

Update, 1:56 p.m .:

A total of 50 European nations are represented, 18 from Asia, 15 American nations, five from Africa and two from Oceania.

The teams from Puerto Rico, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bolivia, Norway, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Bulgaria and the USA stride into the National Stadium in Beijing.

Olympia 2022: opening ceremony in the live ticker - flag bearers enter the national stadium

Update, 1:49 p.m .:

Following the Argentines, the teams from Azerbaijan, Latvia, Great Britain, Romania and the athletes of the Russian Committee, who are not allowed to enter under the Russian flag, are following.

France and Poland are now following.

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Update, 1:44 p.m .:

Saudi Arabia follows European countries such as Hungary, Iceland, Andorra, Finland and Croatia.

After the Gulf state, Albania and Argentina prayed the stage.

Update, 1:38 p.m .: The

dwarf state of San Marino competes with two athletes who carry the flag to the national stadium.

Then come the teams from Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Spain, Liechtenstein and Iran.

Olympia 2022: Opening ceremony in Beijing in the ticker – Nigeria and Ghana also present

Update, 1:34 p.m .:

The flags of Lithuania, India and Nigeria are now also included.

A supervisor carries the flag for the West Africans, the only athlete in the nation had previously tested positive.

He is followed by Ghana with Carlos Mäder, who competes as a skier at the age of 43.

After the two exotics, the Canadians enter the arena.

Update, 1.30 p.m .:

Now the representatives from Uzbekistan, Brazil, Pakistan, Israel, East Timor, Macedonia, Luxembourg and Belarus enter the stadium.

Update, 1:25 p.m.:

Jamaica, Belgium and Japan follow, as well as Chinese Taipei, i.e. Taiwan, whose independence China does not recognize.

Then the Hong Kong team arrives.

They are followed by the teams from Denmark and Ukraine.

Update, 1:20 p.m .:

Greece is followed by Turkey, Malta and Madagascar as one of five African participating states.

This is followed by Malaysia and Ecuador, the latter nation only competing with one athlete.

The Eritrea team also only has one athlete.

Olympia 2022: Opening ceremony in Beijing in the ticker - the first flag bearers enter the national stadium

Update, 1:16 p.m .:

This is followed by a homage to the previous venues of the Winter Games, which are taking place in Asia for the sixth time.

Shortly thereafter, the Olympic rings appear, and now come the flag bearers of the nations.

Greece, which hosted the first modern Olympic Games, made the start.

Update, 1:11 p.m .:

The spectators rise to the national anthem of China.

Update 1:10 p.m.:

To the tune of the song "My Motherland and I" performed by a boy on a trumpet, a Chinese flag is given by hand by a gathering of some representatives of many local peoples.

In this way, the organizer wants to convey unity within the country to the outside world - contrary to reports of oppression in Hong Kong or in the Xinjiang region.

Update, 1:06 p.m .:

For the first time it bangs, the English word “Spring” is displayed with the Chinese character for spring in fireworks.

Thomas Bach and Xi Jinping will then be introduced.

Update, 1:04 p.m .:

The beginning of Chinese spring on February 4th is symbolized by dancers with green glow sticks, the ceremony can begin.

Olympia 2022: Opening ceremony in Beijing in the ticker – Thomas Bach and Xi Jinping have arrived

Update, 1:02 p.m.:

A countdown from 24 is counted down, the background is a Chinese lunisolar calendar.

In a few moments, the games will be released.

Update, 1:00 p.m.:

Music enters, the first dancers start moving in the national stadium.

China's President Xi Jinping enters his seat, and IOC President Thomas Bach comes and greets the ruler of the Middle Kingdom from a suitable distance.

Update, 12.50 p.m .:

Just a few minutes until the ceremony in the “Bird’s Nest”, as the Beijing National Stadium is also called.

What have the organizers planned for the opening of the controversial event?

The answer will be available from 1 p.m.

Update, 12.35 p.m .:

Shortly before the opening ceremonies, two new corona cases became known in the German team.

As the German Olympic Sports Confederation announced, the two Nordic combined athletes Eric Frenzel and Terence Weber are said to have contracted the virus.

The infections of the three-time Olympic champion Frenzel and his teammate Weber are said to have been found upon entry, after which both were isolated by the team.

Olympia 2022: opening ceremony in Beijing in the live ticker – Pechstein and Friedrich as flag bearers

Update, 12:23 p.m .:

After the 2008 Summer Games, Beijing is the first city to host the Winter Olympics.

The much-criticized major event starts with the opening ceremony on Friday evening, Chinese time, which will also be broadcast on free TV.

The organizer will endeavor to put all negative reports about human rights violations in the country and the Corona policy in the background.

Update, 12:10 p.m .:

Just under an hour until the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in the National Stadium in Beijing.

China has already announced top-class games, which is why the ceremony could probably give a foretaste.

Germany will be represented by flag bearers Claudia Pechstein and Francesco Friedrich.

First report from February 4th:

Beijing – The German team has to wait a long time at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing until the black, red and gold flag flies in the national stadium of the Chinese capital.

The two chosen flag bearers, speed skater Claudia Pechstein and bobsledder Francesco Friedrich, will only be the 85th of the 91 participating nations to enter the so-called "Bird's Nest", as the list of organizers shows.

Olympia 2022: opening ceremony in the live ticker – German flag bearers enter the national stadium late

Curiously, the nations do not enter the arena alphabetically or according to Olympic relevance.

The position depends on the number of dashes in the first character of the country name in Chinese.

Since Germany already has 15 dashes with the "De" character, Pechstein and Friedrich have to line up at the back.

Around 75 other members of the team will be there for Germany, including 20 athletes, as the German Olympic Sports Confederation previously announced.

However, a total of 149 Germans have been nominated for the Beijing Games, many of whom did not take part in the opening due to the risk of corona infection.

Olympia 2022: opening ceremony from Beijing in the live ticker – 109 decisions at the winter games

Traditionally, Greece will arrive as the first nation to host the modern Olympic Games, which were held in 1896.

Only at the very end will the pair of flag bearers from the current host country of the Winter Games arrive.

At 8 p.m. local time, which corresponds to 1 p.m. Central European Time, the official starting signal for the much-criticized major event in the Middle Kingdom will take place.

The opening ceremony heralds just over two weeks of winter sports competitions.

By the end of the Games on February 22nd, there will be a total of 109 medal decisions in a total of 15 sports.

Germany is hoping for precious metals in many disciplines, in the coming weeks some of them will experience bitter disappointments and great victories.

(ajr)