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Originally posted by Rudey
On this note I'm going to have to ask a question.
They sing anthems for the medal winners correct? How do the people know the words??
For Israel they sang Hatikva. There is absolutely no way that the Japanese/Russian/Americans/etc. all knew the words. And I can't imagine that many fans being Israeli there. Maybe they were but seriously the words were pretty audible so it sounded like everyone was singing but again, how the heck are people knowing all these lyrics?
Is it staged??
-Rudey
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Actually, they just play the anthem without any lyrics, just an orchestral track. You can only hear the words if enough fans from that nation are there at the ceremony to sing along. This has happened for the Greek athletes who've won gold. I guess there were just enough Israelis who attended the ceremony so that it could be heard. If you notice there were a lot of Israeli flags in the audience, so I'm assuming everyone came out to show support. Plus, Israel is closer to Greece than Japan/Russia/American.