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IOC President’s Speech at the Opening Ceremony the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

Dr.Jacques Rogge

Mr President of the Hellenic Republic,

Dear Greek Friends,

Tonight, the whole world is paying Greece a triple homage.

Humanity owes you this marvellous adventure that is the Olympic Games, created 28 centuries ago in Olympia.

The world is also honouring you for having revived these Games in 1896, here in Athens, following the call of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games.

Above all, the world is honouring and thanking you tonight for the organisation of the Olympic Games, which are coming back to their roots.

Our warmest thanks to Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki and her enthusiastic team. Our thanks also go to the Greek public authorities, who have created an urban legacy that has transformed Athens.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Ol