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strong public opposition, even last night during the opening ceremony, with a lot of protests going on, but at the same time, i was outside the olympic stadium earlier, and there was a long queue of people waiting for their turn to take a picture with the olympic rings, so some people are definitely getting excited that the games are finally under way. our sports presenter, austin halewood, has been telling us the cycling event has been one of the highlights of the opening day, especially for ecuador. a historic first day for the people of ecuador, they won their second gold—medal ever at an olympic games and it came as you see in the men's road race cycling. the race lasted over six hours in sweltering heat in tokyo and it was a bit of a roller—coaster but in the end it was richard carapaz of ecuador who broke away with six kilometres to go, held on to cross the line