1976, Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, opened the Montreal Olympics (first in French then in English) with: "I declare open the Olympic Games of 1976, celebrating the XXI Olympiad of the modern era." In 1980, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev opened the Moscow Summer Olympics by speaking in Russian: "Mr. President of International Olympic Committee! Comrades! I declare open the Olympic Games of 1980, celebrating the XXII Olympiad of the modern era." In 1984, U.S. president Ronald Reagan opened the Los Angeles Summer Olympics with: "Celebrating the XXIII Olympiad of the modern era, I declare open the Olympic Games of Los Angeles." In 1992, King Juan Carlos I of Spain opened the Barcelona Summer Olympics with: "(In Catalan) Welcome all to Barcelona. (In Spanish) Today, 25 July of the Year 1992," and then the standard formula followed. In 2002, U.S. president George W. Bush opened the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (which took place five months after the September 11 attacks) using the format of the Summer Games declaration with: "On behalf of a proud, determined and grateful nation," and then the standard formula followed. In 2004, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, the President of the Hellenic Republic, opened the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics by speaking in Greek: "I declare the opening of the Olympic Games of Athens and the celebration of the XXVIII Olympiad of the modern era." In 2008, Hu Jintao, and in 2022, Xi Jinping, the Presidents of the People's Republic of China, opened the Beijing Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, respectively, by speaking in Mandarin: "I declare, the XXIX Olympic Games / XXIV Olympic Winter Games of Beijing, open!" In 2016, Brazilian vice president Michel Temer, as acting president during the suspension of President Dilma Rousseff, and unusually without an introduction, opened the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by speaking in Portuguese: "After this wonderful spectacle," and then the standard formula followed. Next, the Olympic flag is carried horizontally (since the 1960 Summer Olympics) or vertically (when the ceremonies are held indoor) into the stadium and hoisted as the Olympic Hymn is played. The Olympic Charter states that the Olympic flag must "fly for the entire duration of the Olympic Games from a flagpole placed in a prominent position in the main stadium". At most games, the flag has been carried into the stadium by prominent athletes of the host nation. Starting at the Torino 2006 opening