Tomorrow, the world. Including Spokane and the Inland Northwest. Athletes from 206 nations – one competing under the flag of five interlocking rings because South Sudan has no Olympic organization – are assembled for the Games of the 30th Olympiad, the opening ceremonies officially launching the action in London on Friday. And there will be some chances to wave the flag for a handful of athletes who either got their competitive start in our area or whose stay here pushed along their Olympic dreams. Nothing new about that. Spokane made its mark in the Olympics as far back Olympiad No. 7, the 1920 Games in Antwerp, Belgium. That’s when a slender Lewis and Clark High School graduate named Carl Johnson won a silver medal in the long jump. Since then, the results have ranged from gold medals to grinding despair, and the flags have fairly multiplied – athletes who attended area colleges have represented more than 30 nations in the Olympics/John Blanchette, SR. More here. (AP photo of Olympic pole vaulter Brad Walker, 32, a University HS graduate)