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Lady gaga performed an elaborate but rain soaked ceremony. In a world first, the olympic opening ceremony was held outside of a stadium with thousands of athletes sailing down the river seine, and hundreds of thousands watching from the banks. Our sports correspondent patrick gearey reports. Singing. Paris never more spectacularly, the city of light. An evening drenched in sound, colourand rain. This was always going to be a more watery opening ceremony than ever before. The river seine and not a stadium was the centrepiece. But you can t plan the weather. Not much shelter for the athletes on board the 85 boats sailing through paris, but team gb s flag bearers were a rower and a diver. They re used to water. Yeah, it definitely hasn t dampened the spirit. Team gb are definitely out in full force and the crowds on the bank arejust amazing. I can t believe how epic this is. We re used to the rain as brits. It s going to be olympic memory number one. I mean, come on, it s like, you know
Architecture, and heritage. In a world first, the olympic opening ceremony was held outside of the stadium 6,800 athletes from 205 delegations travelled on 85 boats and barges down the river seine past some of the french capital s most famous landmarks with bridges and river banks used as catwalks. There was heavy rain but it didn t dampen the crowd s enthusiasm. There were surprise performances throughout a pink feathered lady gaga and the french malian singer, aya nakamura performed alongside teams of dancers high kicking the can can or perching perilously on poles. The olympic flame, which had been carried by a host of global sports superstars including rafael nadal, serena williams and zinedine zidan, was used to light a huge cauldron on a hot air balloon that rose high into the paris sky. The culmination of the show included an emotional return of canadian icon celine dion her first live performance for four years. She sang on a spectacularly illuminated eiffel tower for the f
For her actions, and we recognise and appreciate her willingness to take responsibility. Despite the unfortunate timing, we believe this action reaffirms the fei s commitment to welfare as the guardians of our equine partners and the integrity of our sport. Canada women s head coach bev priestman has stepped down for her side s olympic football opener against new zealand on thursday, and two staffers have been sent home from paris after flying drones over two new zealand training sessions. The news comes after the canada olympic committee revealed that there was a second instance of a drone being flown over a new zealand session last friday, along with the incident in saint etienne on monday. In a statement, priestman said that the incidents do not represent the values the team stands for and she would voluntarily step down for thursday s match as a sign of her side s commitment to integrity. The men s football tournament, has just gotten under way spain will be looking to go one bet
Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A video that shows british olympian charlotte dujardin repeatedly whipping her horse has now been made public. The dressage star has been provisionally suspended by the sport s governing body, and she s pulled out of this summer s olympics, saying she s deeply ashamed of what she called an error ofjudgement. Our sports correspondent laura scott is in paris. Laura, what s the latest? well, the major development this morning is the emergence of that video, which is at the heart of this story, which has rocked british sport and led to the withdrawal of charlotte dujardin from the olympics here in paris. In that video that the use of the whip is permitted in equestrian sports, but the behaviour in this video is something that charlotte dujardin herself say she is sincerely sorry for, it was out of character and an error of judgment. What character and an error ofjudgment. What follows now ke? there is an investigation by the world equestri