2012 Winter Youth Olympics opening ceremony
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The parade of nations was held before the ceremony. The ceremony featured speech about the 1964 and 1976 Games. Heinz Fischer, the President of Austria declared the Games open before the Olympic Hymn was played and the Olympic flag was raised. Christina Ager delivers the athletes' oath with a mistake of saying the word "scheiße", causing the audience cheering at her. The three cauldrons were lit prior to 1976 Games opening ceremony, which two cauldrons were lit. The 1964 cauldron were lit by Egon Zimmermann, Franz Klammer lit the 1976 cauldron and Paul Gerstgraser, lit the 2012 cauldron.
