DRAMATIC MUSIC DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS MUSIC INTENSIFIES DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS UPLIFTING MUSIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES INTENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC evening, early August. A stunning city. We go to Rio for the opening ceremony of the Olympic games. Good morning and welcome to prime coverage of these games of the 31st Olympiad. We will be with you for much of the day. Bringing much of the moments of joy and those things are going to the making of a stunning Olympic Games. At the Maracana Stadium. Built at these games, they will be the focus for the parade of nations. 207 of them this morning, including NZ, given an extraordinary chance of making Olympic history. A couple of world champion sailors will be at the front of that team. They are the runaway favourites the gold in the 49er class. Four world titles. Billing will carry the flag and both will wear traditional clothes. NZ's borders in a great position. Mark Todd and Mahe Drysdale. Spoilt for choice, but they are leaving the role. Leading the role. Really proud to be leading the team. We get along really well. Great to share this responsibility for the one of biggest event of our lives. Not just special for Peter Burling, but the NZ co-captain's. The Maracana Stadium built in 1950 will host the opening and closing ceremonies. Watson of opening ceremony can we expect this morning? Fernando Meirelles says don't expect what you saw in London. About a 10th of the budget was used. The opening ceremony of the games of Rio de Janeiro. CROWD CHEERS WAVES LAP acoustic guitar music VOCALIST SINGS IN PORTUGUESE SOFT ACOUSTIC MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYFUL SINGING CONTINUES SINGING CONTINUES SOFT ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC CROWD CHEERS INTENSE DEEP MUSIC SOFT PIANO MUSIC, DEEP BASS NOTES DEEP BASS CHORDS PLAY PLAYFUL PIANO MUSIC, BASS CHORDS CROWD CHEERS INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES PERFORMERS SHOUT NUMBERS MUSIC INTENSIFIES BASS MUSIC INTENSIFIES the opening segment celebrating the art produced in Brazil. What they like to call the Brazilian talent making something great out of nothing. UPLIFTING MUSIC CROWD CHEERS ANNOUNCER SPEAKS PORTUGUESE THOMAS BACH. ANNOUNCER SPEAKS PORTUGUESE ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the national anthem of Brazil. The flag will be raised by the Rio de Janeiro environmental police command. ANNOUNCER SPEAKS PORTUGUESE SOFT GUITAR MUSIC 'HINO NACIONAL BRASILEIRO' PLAYS # Ouviram do Ipiranga as margens placidas # De um povo heroico o brado retumbante, # E o sol da liberdade, em raios fulgidos, # Brilhou no ceu da Patria nesse instante. # Se o penhor dessa igualdade # Conseguimos conquistar com braco forte, # Em teu seio o liberdade, # Desafia o nosso peito a propria morte! # O Patria amada # Idolatrada # Salve! Salve! # Brasil de um sonho intenso, um raio vivido, # De amor e de esperanca a terra desce # Se em teu formoso ceu risonho e limpido # A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece # Gigante pela propria natureza # Es belo, es forte, impavido colosso, # E o teu futuro espelha essa grandeza, # Terra adorada! # Entre outras mil # Es tu, Brasil, # O Patria amada # Dos filhos deste solo es mae gentil, # Patria amada # Brasil! CROWD CHEERS WAVES CRASH And so story of the opening ceremony begins with the birth of life, the land of the palm trees. INTENSE MUSIC INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES The Brazilian territory was almost entirely covered by thick forest when the Europeans arrived. This is about the first inhabitants, the indigenous. There are about 900,000 into different ethnic groups which speak 264 different languages. MUSIC SOARS CHEERING, APPLAUSE BIRDS TWEET INSECTS CALL SOFT MUSIC FLUTTERING MUSIC BUILDS DRUM BEATS BUILD MUSIC THRUMS every June since 50 years ago, there is a face-off in the arena of the Amazon rainforest. MUSIC CONTINUES BEATING CHEERING, APPLAUSE PAN PIPE MUSIC BEATS CHEERING, APPLAUSE Now the bands form three huge native huts. MUSIC DEEPENS And so came the arrival of the Europeans. The journey of the Portuguese through uncharted oceans. For the Portuguese, this was the land where everything grows. A tree was used to make red dye. THEATRICAL MUSIC Naturally, the arrival of the Europeans leaves a trail on the landscape. CHEERING, APPLAUSE MECHANICAL MUSIC next to come to this great land, the arrival of the Africans. The weights on the feet represent shackles. MECHANICAL MUSIC CONTINUES TRIBAL MUSIC BUILDS TRIBAL MUSIC CONTINUES INTRIGUING MUSIC INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES the red banners are a representation of Japanese culture. After five generations, they are completely integrated into the life of this country. INTENSE DRUM MUSIC INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES MUSIC FADES CROWD CHEERS RUMBLING INTRIGUING MUSIC the next stage of the journey - The building of contemporary Brazil. INTRIGUING MUSIC CONTINUES INTRIGUING VIOLIN MUSIC DRAMATIC MUSIC DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS MACHINERY WHIRRS INTENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SUSPENSEFUL VIOLIN MUSIC SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES RATTLING and then the appearance of the great Brazilian Santos. The Brazilians will tell you otherwise if others say they were the first to fly. GENTLE MUSIC this plane flew in 1906 for just 60m. Tonight the journey is further. GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES ENGINE HUMS ENGINE RUMBLES GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES second most famous song in the world - the girl from in Ipanema. And tonight the girl's role is played by Gisele Bundchen. 'THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA' PLAYS MAN SINGS IN PORTUGUESE CROWD CLAPS and night, Gisele takes the catwalk for the final time. FUNKY MUSIC PLAYS above Ipanema an energy rises. It is popular culture. WOMEN SING IN PORTUGUESE one of Brazil's most renowned singers beginning her career back in 1953. MAN SINGS IN PORTUGUESE MAN RAPS IN PORTUGUESE the battle is going from one side of the stage to the other. MEN SING/RAP ALTERNATELY MUSIC SLOWS WOMAN RAPS IN PORTUGUESE the two rappers on the stage - one no stranger to international at formation the other is 12 years old. INTENSE PERCUSSION MUSIC now the ceremonial makes its comment about not only the native country of Brazil but about the world where intolerances seem to have intensified. INTENSE PERCUSSION MUSIC, CHANTING WOMAN SPEAKS IN PORTUGUESE here's to diversity. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) she urges the audience to look for similarities and celebrate differences. UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS MAN SINGS IN PORTUGUESE 1500 onstage joined by about 60,000. MUSIC ENDS CROWD CHEERS how good was that? What a great party. Really amazing. What do you mean? From the oil and coal we are using. It collect in the atmosphere. The temperature rises. Watch the temperature on earth in the last century. The heat is melting the ice caps. Look at Greenland in the last decade. It's disappearing very quickly. When the ice melts, the level of the sea rises. The challenge for the coastline cities. INTRIGUING MUSIC DRAMATIC MUSIC DRAMATIC MUSIC SLOWS CROWD CHEERS ANNOUNCER SPEAKS PORTUGUESE a flower has sprouted in the street. Buses, streetcars, streams of traffic. Steer clear. A flower still pale, has fooled the police. It's breaking through the asphalt. DAME JUDI DENCH: let's have complete silence, I swear that a flower has been born. Its colour is uncertain. It's not showing its petals. Its name is not on the books. It really is a flower. FERNANDO MONTENEGRO SPEAKS I sit down at the nation's capital it's ugly. It's a flower. It broke through the asphalt. UPLIFTING MUSIC ANNOUNCER SPEAKS PORTUGUESE the 11,000 seedlings will be planted in the athletes Forest. It will be a legacy for Rio de Janeiro. CROWD CHEERS you are listening to the voices of the grand dame of theatre, Dame Judi Dench. As well as Fernanda Montenegro. ANNOUNCER SPEAKS FRENCH ladies and gentlemen, a great moment has arrived. Please welcome the athletes of the games of the 31st Olympiad. CROWD CHEERS CROWD CHEERS and so the moment arrives for the athletes. As tradition dictates, the nation where it all began in 1896, lead the parade of nations. Greece is the first into the big stadium. It's a different parade of nations this year, because they will come through the middle of the stadium. The athletes will parade through the centre, because there is no track. All of the other national Olympic committees as the world leans on the big stage to Rio de Janeiro. Tradition dictates that Greece comes first. It's alphabetically in Portuguese, so countries might not be in the order you would expect. Afghanistan has won two medals at previous games. One in tae kwon do. World 400m champion. South Africa's largest contingent of competitors at the Olympic Games. Swimmers as well. Caster Semenya perhaps hoping to break the world record some excellent Rollers that one gold four years ago. Hoping to become the first ever Olympic medallist from Albania. She won the European games last year. She earned a silver medal earlier this year at the European Championships. One moment of these athletes. Germany, 425 athletes. They voted on who would carry the flag, and that honour goes to Timo Boll. He garnered about 300,000 votes for them. One of the features for Germany in these games what a year it has been for her. A total of 547 people in the German delegation. Including the officials. This is a site that we should get used to. Smiles on the faces of the athletes as years of preparation arrive at this moment. Very strong in equestrian. The most successful country in the history of equestrian. South-western Europe between Spain and France, with a population of less than 100,000. They make their way into the Maracana. Angola. They've never won an Olympic medal, but they sent a basketball team to every game since 1992. The first-team in 1980 included swimmer Lima, One of the Caribbean's most prosperous nations. Seven athletes and two swimmers here. One of them trains with Usain Bolt. Reached the Pan-American final last year. Saudi Arabia has four female athletes, which is twice as many as when they first selected the first female competitors four years ago in London. Three medals over the years. The silver in Sydney in the 400 meter hurdles. ASSELAH is competing in the sport of judo. Algeria has a tradition and middle distance running. The South America's largest economy as Argentina. Great rivalry between the host and football. SCOLA is the flagbearers. Of course Argentina will host the 2018 summer youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Tae kwon do, hockey, tennis and sailing. We just saw some of the athletes with the capsules with the seedlings which will be taken to Deodora. Aruba, the Caribbean island which has never won an Olympic medal. They have qualified for a new mixed sailing event. Now marching under the flag of the International Olympic Committee. Kuwait is currently suspended so the nine qualifying ones are under this. One of the traditional powerhouses of Olympic competition. Meares carries the flag. Two-time Olympic champion. What a moment for Anna. The fourth biggest delegation. 425 athletes. Traditionally strong in swimming, so many of the swimmers will not be here. Anna Meares said she could have retired after London but Rio offered her a chance to be great again, and that is what she strives for. Chinese-born table tennis player is completing in her fifth Olympics. They failed to win a medal at London for the first time in 52 years. Azerbaijan hosted the first ever European games. The flagbearers is the men's heavyweight boxer, MAMMADOV. He got gold in the European games on home soil last year. The athletes are just planting those capsules in a tree donated to Brazil. This is the Bahamas. Miller is the flagbearers. She is in the 400m. The country which celebrated success in the 4 x 100 meter medley. One of the athletes has a quarter of all the country's Olympic medals. 31 year old golfer, Rahman is bringing in the flag. Just seven athletes in the team. The Caribbean island of Barbados. Just one Olympic medal from the 11 previous games they have attended, and it was a bronze 16 years ago in Sydney in the men's 100 m. It is an island paradise. It claimed its first ever Olympic medal in the bronze 500 meter in London. Well, Belarus, Karsten is a familiar figure. One the first goal back in 1996. She went on to medal at five consecutive Olympic Games. Two gold medals in London, one in the mixed doubles with Victoria Azarenka. She is expecting her first child. Belgium hosted the games 96 years ago in Antwerp. They have won more medals in the archery than any other sport in large part to one athlete who won nine medals, six of them gold, including on home soil in 1920. Belize, a country on the Caribbean Sea. Second largest barrier reef in the world. Wonderful diving spots. Jones carries the flag. The west African nation. Only six athletes in Rio. They are wearing the new traditional Bermuda shorts. SMITH is the flagbearer. Bolivia. One of Brazil's neighbours. Angela Castro - the 23-year-old that competes in the walk. She was unable to walk at all as a small child. She had physiotherapy, and with sheer determination she has overcome the obstacles. There are people that have been overcome by the occasion. Tears of joy. Bosnia and Herzegovina. He wants to become his nation's first Olympic medallist. The capital city hosted in 1984 Winter Olympics games a particularly proud southern African nation - Botswana. The man who carries the flag is world junior 800m record holder who set an incredible time, the third fastest ever. He won silver at London four years ago. The Independent, oil-rich country of Brunei. Population of less than half 1 million people. Brunei's first female Olympian. Bulgaria - a country that sells in wrestling and weightlifting. 14 medals come from just those two sports. Medals in London in women's wrestling. Burkina Faso. Rachid Sidibe carries out the flag. The landlocked West African country. No athletes have never finished higher than ninth. Burundi. Burundi, who first went to the games in 1996 in Atlanta, which they won their only medal, a gold, in the men's 5000m. UPBEAT MUSIC Bhutan. Bhutan, nestled in the Himalayas. The first seven games they attended they only sent archers in London. Now in Rio - now including shooting. Cape Verde. Former Portuguese colony Cape Verde. A population of less than half 1 million people. For a while, were ranked as Africa's top footballing nation. They are yet to win a Paralympic or youth Olympic Games medal. Maria Andrage. Cameron. Football gold medallist in the year 2000. One athlete won Cameron's first gold athletes in an individual events. Flag bearer Sorn Seavmey, who won Cambodia's first Asian games gold medal. Canada. A roar for Canada. The world's second-largest country. Canada hosted the games in Montral in 1976. The flag is carried by Rosannagh MacLennan. We have a couple of world champions in their ranks. Years, and they are competing in all sports bar handball. Qatar, who have 2011 and 2015 champion. Hoping to improve on his bronze medal from London, Sheikh Ali al-Thani Hamad is carrying the flag. Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan - six games as an independent nation. Ruslan Zhaparov from tae kwon do carrying the flag. It is their most successful sport. Weightlifting is a close second, with 10 medals. One athlete coming out of retirements too windy road race goal. Cayman Islands. For Cayman Islands, the British overseas territory in the Caribbean, five athletes in Rio 2016. Central African Republic. The first Olympian competing in the 5000m. Chad. Chad sprinter, the country's only three-time Olympian. She leaves her nation into the Maracana. Chile. Chile. Lead into the stadium by the 40-year-old marathon runner Erika Olivera they won a total of 13 medals, including two golds won by a tennis player in Athens 2004. He won with Fernando Gonzalez in the men's doubles. People's Republic of China. Reigning Olympic fencing champion Lei Sheng Leeds in the People's Republic of China. They hosted the games eight years ago, where they finished first on the medal table. Four years ago they finish second. They are the leading country in two sports Bedlington and table tennis. The badminton player is looking for a third consecutive Olympic gold the second nation and for other sports including diving, and they have some wonderful divers here in Rio. Two athletes are looking to become five-time Olympic champions. Pavlos Kontides leading them out. The first-ever Silver on the water in the laser class. It's good that the sailing venue is right Here in Rio. In 2008 there were based in Qingdao. Yuri Alvear Orjuela leads her team out. Undefeated and 34 major meets since the London final where she had to settle for silver. The African island nation. Fewer than 20 are Olympians with four in Rio. In swimming and athletics. One of the most urbanised countries in Africa, with 70% of its total population living in cities. Franck Elemba leads them out. The world's most populous Francophone nation. Tae kwon do competitor Rosa Kelekv Lukusa leading her country. The Cook Islands waving the flag. Ella Nicholas the K-1 canoeing competitor. Weight lifter competing at earlier Olympics before his son finished in the Beijing Olympics. Republic of Korea hosted the games in Seoul 28 years ago. The flag bearer is Bongil Gu. 13 medals in London in seven different sports. Watch out for the men's number one in archery. And also the number one pair in badminton. Murielle Ahoure, sprinter, as the flag bearer for the Ivory Coast. The world's largest producer of cocoa beans. Remarkably they have a total of four medals in previous games and all for one and swimming by sisters. The only gold medal was won in Atlanta in the 200m freestyle event. Croatia, if you ever get to Croatia, they Will tell you they are one of the world's sporting capitals. Men's handball team is going to be something to watch. Genuine challengers to France. For a third consecutive games, the flag bearer is 33 rolled wrestler Mijain Lopez. The most successful sport has been boxing. And who could forget white lightning, another great Cuban Olympian? He was the first athlete to win another big gold in the 400 and 800m in the same games. Denmark led out by former number one tennis player Caroline Wozniacki. Sailing is the most successful sport for Denmark. But they are so good at cycling and rowing. Gold in the lightweight men's double sculls. The country located on the Horn of Africa. Only one Olympic medallist. Gaining bronze in the Seoul games '88. Incidentally, they have only ever had athletes compete in athletics and swimming. Dominican Republic, Luguelin Santos leads out them. This is the nation of Felix Sanchez, who delighted us all when he won the men's 400m hurdles in Athens, and then came back in a remarkable story as a 34-year-old to get his second gold in London. This is Egypt. Long known for its pyramids, its ancient civilisation. They have a remarkable bond with the Olympic Games the Olympic rings were first flown in the 1914 Pan-Egyptian games. Of these tree species, 207, one feature delegation, they will plant a different species of tree. They will be replanted in Brazil. Already the country with the highest diversity of trees on the planet. The smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. The flag carried by Lilian Castro, the 29-year-old shooter competing in the woman's air pistol. United Arab Emirates have won just previous medal in the world men's double trap. A door have won just two medals at previous games. One gold and one silver. Following on behind the South American country, one of the ones that doesn't neighbour Brazil. First Olympic medallist for Eritrea, 10,000m bronze in 2004. Slovakia competing in the six games. A member of the IOC athletes commission. Danka Bartekova. In keeping with the opening ceremony theme, preserving the planet, the capital of Slovenia is recognised as Europe's green capital for its eco-friendly initiatives. They will be delighted. They will leave a legacy for the city of Rio de Janeiro magnificent scene here in the Maracana as the athletes Parade in this mighty stadium. Rafael Nadal, the 14 time grand slam champion and Olympic champion of 2008 as the Olympic flag bearer. Barcelona in 1992 was Badminton's first Olympics. I have fond and treasured memories from the whole experience. Spain got silver in men's basketball and bronze in women's handball. Thrilling match with Montenegro. Rafael Nadal is getting a second chance to carry the flag he had to pull out of the London 2012 games because of injury. Four years on, he gets the opportunity to carry the flag of his nation in front of the Brazilian people and the people of the world. They are missing one of their famed triathletes, speaking of injury, aa chance to recapture the title from Beijing. There is love in Brazil. That feeling in the stadium tonight. CELEBRATORY MUSIC PLAYS Federated States of Micronesia. The flag carried by 30-year-old boxer Jennifer Chieng. With her son Adam. I wonder if he's in the stadium watching this. Building the anticipation. CROWD CHEERS CELEBRATORY MUSIC PLAYS CROWD CHEERS very deliberately the most successful Olympian, Michael Phelps, 18 gold medals, a total of 22. If he were an independent nation, he would rank inside the top 14 most successful Olympic committees. He's got more than Jamaica or Nigeria. They are a team filled with so many stars in many sports. There are so many stories to come out of the United States that in this Olympic team. One of the athletes that is a must see is Simone Biles, she's tall. And the first woman to win all-round world Championships. Her tumbling routine is incredible. John Kerry, Secretary of State, will be one of the spectators tonight. More women than men in the USA team. One of the larger contingents, but were also expecting to see the thousand gold medal by the United States at this games. Virtually 2 � thousand medals in total. Estonia. Wrestling is the most successful sport. Five golds. Which is one third of their 33 medals their wrestlers are expected to do well once again. Ethiopia. A total of 45 medals the Ethiopian athletes. In distance races. A two-time winner of the marathon. Two gold medals in Moscow in 1980. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, a red geographical feet in the country - Speaking of leading out nations, KOLINISAU Leads out Fiji. He is the captain of the rugby sevens. They are the reigning rugby world sevens champions. It makes its debut at the Olympics as a sport. Rugby sevens and golf are the additions to the sports hear from four years ago. Philippines, and the flag is carried by 21 your old table tennis player Lariba. They are looking for their first gold. They have a total of nine medals. The host nation in 1952. Athletics is their most successful sport, with the likes of the great original Flying Fin. What a reception for France. Twice hosted the summer games in Paris. 1900 and again in 1924. Flagbearers is Teddy Riner, the judo heavyweight, eight times world champion. One of the largest teams here in Rio, the French athletes are completing and 27 of the 28 sports. The only sport missing is hockey, as far as they are concerned. Fencing is the most successful sport over the years, with cycling a close second. A particular poignant moment for the French nation, given everything that is going on there at the moment. The world once again is united once more. Watch out for the men's handball team. Back-to-back winners. Obame one the tae kwon do silver in London 2012. He is the country's only Olympic medallist, and he leads them out tonight. This is Gambia, represented by four athletes making their Olympic debut, including their first-ever Olympics swimmer. Ghana are multiple football youth world champions. The last individual Olympic medal was the boxing bronze as far back as 1972 in Munich. What a sight. Six games as an independent nation for Georgia. TCHRIKISHVILI is the judo player, Gold at the world games last year. CHEERING three-time hosts of the Olympic Games, including the last Olympic Games four years ago. One of only five countries who have competed in all previous games. The flagbearer is Andy Murray, the defending Olympic champion. Great Britain is the most successful nation in Olympic sailing history and in recent years they have enjoyed success in rowing and track cycling and also enjoy success in equestrian events. Watch out for the gold medallists in dressage from four years ago. One of them will be retiring after the games. The flagbearers is Kirani James. He won gold in London and the 400 m, his country's first medal. This is Guam. Schulte is leading them out. They have the heaviest ever Olympian at London four years ago weighing in at 218 kg. The Central American nation of Guatemala and they won their first ever gold medal at London 2012. They are a neighbour of Brazil. They have won one previous medal, a bronze for Michael Antony. The athletes will be loving the music and Brazil. They have a very rich musical tradition and first competed in the 1986 Mexico games and they are yet to win a first Olympic medal. A country with the highest adult literacy rate in the sub-Saharan. Very powerful wrestler is Midana. 800 m runner, and she is the country's first female Olympian and she competed at Sydney and Athens. Castelly leads out Haiti. The last silver medal was 88 years ago in the men's long jump. The Central American country is absolutely football crazy. The men's team reached the quarter-finals at London 2012. They led Brazil but they eventually lost 3-2. Hong Kong, China, led out by Stephanie Au who is competing in her third Olympics. The three medals in her previous games - one of each colour. They won in windsurfing at Atlanta in 1996. SZILAGYI is the flagbearer, the 26 year old fencer and the reigning world champion. You have to think back to an Olympian who was born deaf and she holds the rather unusual status of being an Olympian with three names because she married twice. Yemen have sent athletes to every game since their first appearance in Barcelona in 1992, so this is the seventh games. India - the second most populous country in the world behind China. 33-year-old shooter Abhinav Bindra. He is the only goal medallist for India in a sport other than hockey. It is the most successful country in men's hockey, with 11 medals, eight gold. Female athletes won in female women's badminton. One is looking to become India's first female gold medallist. Indonesia. Maria Natalia Londa, the triple jumper, carrying the flame. Six gold medals they have one. In London, Indonesian players failed to win a single medal. Their will be very hopeful for the attempt for a gold here in Rio. This is an incredible flag bearer - Zahra Nemati, Paralympic champion in 2012. She has remarkably qualified for the Olympic and Paralympic games. A car accident left her with spinal injuries, both legs paralysed, but it did not stop her from becoming the first Iranian female athlete to become a Paralympic and champion. A great story from a nation with such a rich history. 54 offer runs 60 medals have been won in weightlifting and another sport. Boxer Wahid Abdul Rider. He won a bronze medal in weightlifting. This is Ireland the only country in the world with a musical instrument as a national instrument. Watch out for the multiple world champion. Unbelievable boxer. Iceland, geologically the youngest nation on Earth. It is a sports nation. It has not done a great deal at the Olympic Games, but they have done a remarkable run in the men's handball tournament in 2008. 25-year-old rhythmic gymnast Neta Rivkin in her third Olympic Games. Seven medals over 14 games. Only one gold, 12 years ago in Athens in men's windsurfing. A roar for Italy. Hosted the games in Rome in 1960. Swimmer Federica Pellegrini, two-time Olympic medallist competing in her fourth Olympic Games. She is the only female Olympic champion from Italy in the sport of swimming. They are the most successful country in Olympic history in that sport. Italy has a very rich tradition in the Olympic games. It is a rather hilly Rio 2016 cycling road race. It is their territorial. Listen to the raw for Jamaica. Shelley Anne Fraser-Pryce gold in the women's 100m in Beijing and London. Many competitors including Usain Bolt, who has brought athletics to its most popular phrase. sprinting superstars from Jamaica Japan. Hosted the games in Tokyo and will host the next games in 2020. Keisuke Ushiro, Gold medallist in the decathlon. They are the most successful country in judo. However they won four of seven golds and wrestling in London. Keisuke Ushiro is unbeaten. Another athlete from this team could also make history in gymnastics. Jordan. Tennth games. Their first in Moscow and competed in every game since. Kriibati. Iit is the only nation North, South, East and West and they are getting into the spirit of the carnival atmosphere. This is a special moment for these competitors. Kosovo are at their first Olympic Games. The flag bearer is hope she will win their first medal. Lao People's Democratic Republic attending their ninth games just six athletes here in Rio. The largest was 19 at the first games in Moscow in 1980. The kingdom of Lesotho completely surrounded by South Africa. No athlete has ever won an Olympic medal. One reached the semi finals, who wants to dip below 10 seconds in his race. Latvia. Maris Strombergs leading them out. He is going for his consecutive gold here in Rio. Nacif Elias in the sport of judo leading them out. Born in Brazil. Has twice been voted athlete of the year in Lebanon on. Last medal was a bronze six years ago Sprinter Emanuel Matadi leading out Africa's oldest republic, Liberia. Athlete Mohamed Fuad Hrezi carries the Libyan flag. They have got a rich swimming tradition. Julia Hassler leads them out. Lithuania, a nation whose competitors our swimmers Gilles Muller, the 33-year-old left-handed tennis player carrying the flag. Just six athletes competing in four different sports for Madagascar. Athletics, judo, swimming and weightlifting. Malaysia still looking for a first-ever Olympic gold medal. The flag bearer is Chong Wei Lee. In badminton. One other medal was from the 10m platform diving. The southern African nations team comprising two athletes, two swimmers and an archer. Malawi's flags raised by Kefasi Chitsala. The Maldives is the world's flatest nation. Landlocked West African country. Mali have yet to win an Olympic medal. Only seven competitors for Malta. The Mediterranean Sea nation with a rich history including Byzantine civilisations. Marshall Islands in the northern Pacific Ocean. Competing in just their third Olympic Games. And all this year they only had athletes competing in two different sports, athletics and swimming. But now in Rio they also have a weightlifter. Abdelkebir Ouaddar is the 53 year old showjumper in the equestrian events. He has a wonderful horse. Great tradition in middle distance running. Athletics has been strong for Malta. Mauritius Flag carried by badminton player Kate Foo Kune. Only two athletes for Mauritania. A largely desert north African country. They have only competed in athletics and wrestling. Jidou El Moctar leads out Mauritania. Much expected from this Mexican contingent. London was their most successful games after the one they hosted in 1968. The men's football tournament beat a star-studded Brazilian team in the final. This could be another successful games for the most populous Spanish-speaking country. Mozambique, Joachim Lobo, is a 21-year-old canoeist, leading them out. The Republic of Moldova, Nikolai Ceban, wrestler, carrying the flag. Six games as an international nation. Still looking for their first gold. Just three athletes from Monaco. Three male athletes. Mongolia's only multiple Olympic medallist. Being led out by Temuulen Battulga. The least densely populated country in the world. Off to plant their capsule with the seed into the mirror towers. Magnificent view of the very colourful Maracana Stadium. Next into the venue Montenegro. Bojana Popovic as the part of the Handball team that won silver in new London. She captained Montenegro's first-ever Olympic silver. Myanmar first represented in the London '48 games. Namibia. Four medals, four silver and one by a sprinter. In Atlanta. Here comes athletes from the world's smallest independent republic. Just 21 km of Nauru. The weightlifter leading out his country. She has the Nepalese flag in her hands, but the talk is of the swimmer, the youngest Olympian in Rio. It's a moment of the 17-year-old I wonder if he realises the enormity of what he's doing. An incredibly tall man is the tae kwon do competitor Abdoulrazak Issoufou Alfaga. The boxer has the jewel honour of the first Olympian and first medallist when he won bronze in 1972. The competitors from Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria. So many memories at the Olympic Games. They saw three players in the final minute or score in a victory over Argentina. A couple of relay successes. They celebrated over the years. The most successful country at the Winter games. The most successful sport of sailing. Here in Rio the women's handball team is going for a third consecutive gold. On this day in age of technology, they are the best at taking self these this NZ side, it's Peter Burling who's carrying the flag. His teammate, said Blair Tuke, four world championship titles. Valerie Adams is going for a third consecutive gold in the women's shot put. Netherlands. Swimming and cycling have been their most successful sports. In recent years, Peter seven medals for him. We were discussing the flying housewife the other day. The mother of two, star of the games. Most of the talk was about the former athlete, focusing on sprinting. Relatively large contingent for Palau. Only five athletes. Their fifth Olympic participation. Female athlete Mayada Al-Sayed leads out the Palestinian team. One of six members of the Palestinian team. She'd never trained in a 50m pole until she started training for this games. Alonso Edward. 26-year-old sprinter leaving them. Leading them. Watch him in the 200m. Ryan Pini, swimmer leading them out. He became the first swimmer from his country to qualify with the butterfly. Pakistan. Eight of their medals have been in men's hockey, out of 10 medals. The men's team has failed to qualify for the first time ever. One of Brazil's neighbours. They finished with a silver in Athens 12 years ago, the football team. Golfer Julieta Granada leading out her nation. Golf makes its return to the Olympic Games. CELEBRATORY MUSIC PLAYS he is best remembered as Peru's signature on the Treaty of Versailles. He will be competing in the shooting event. 34-year-old men's handball player. Left blind in his left eye after an accident in 2010. Former world number two in tennis. She's here in Rio. CELEBRATORY MUSIC PLAYS more medals in athletics than any other sport, Poland. Three golds for the great sprinter. There the reigning world champions the men's football team. Wanting to save every moment, capture every moment. The athletes, as they walk into the stadium. Puerto Rico. Freestyle wrestling four years ago, leads the team. One of only two medals. One in London. CROWD CHEERS Portugal. What a reception. Competing in his seventh consecutive Olympic Games. For medals, four gold medals for Portugal in previous games, or four in athletics. All but one of Kenya's 25 golds have been one in athletics. 34-year-old steeplechaser is back. She won the 800m, first female gold medallist. Many eyes will be on Julias, he watched online videos and used sharpened sticks to learn the javelin. CELEBRATORY MUSIC PLAYS represented on the flag, by the warrior who united the clans of the nation. Choe is leading them out. Watch out for the 17 year old diver in the 10m platform, which is her specialty. She won the world Championships last year. Romania. Ponor, the gymnast is leading out the team and they have one more medals in gymnastics than any other sport. They have had nine Olympic medals and five gold, and one of the gymnasts received perfect tens. CELEBRATORY MUSIC PLAYS NIYONSHUTI is the flagbearer, and he has overcome insurmountable odds. He lost multiple brothers in the genocide. He is competing in the road race in Rio de Janeiro. TETIUKHIN of the Russian Federation, the volleyball superstar, Leeds out the world's largest country by area. They will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The long jumper is one of the athletes to watch, the only track and Field star Rio. The synchronised swimming team are trying to win their fifth consecutive Olympic gold. Looking rather dashing with the bow ties. The Solomon Islands - Wini is carrying the flag. Samoa, and they are appearing at the Olympic Games for a ninth time. FUNKY MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING Well, a group of islands in the South Pacific halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand and they have actually competed in the Winter Olympics previously when they had two-men bobsleigh team. PERILLI is carrying the flag, the trap shooter. She will be competing alongside her sister. The island of St Lucia. Spencer is carrying the flag. Competed in the Pan Am games in the high jump. A team that includes 40-year-old sprinter Collins who won the world 200 m title. He is competing in his sixth games. Since its Olympic debut in Atlanta 1996, they have sent athletes to every subsequent Olympics, but they've only had three. They are yet to win a medal. They first sent a team to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. GOVINDEN, the sailor, compete in the laser class and carries the flag and leads out his team. Wrestling is the national sport in Senegal. Fitting that it is a wrestler, Sambou, who leads the team. Only one gold medal 28 years ago in the women's 400 meter hurdles. Lovely the way the athletes are just mingling in the middle of the arena and there is no formality about it. For athletes will be competing for Sierra Leone, and their most famous athlete competed for her country of birth in the 1996 Atlanta Games. Shooter Maksimovic is carrying the flag, the daughter of a shooter who won gold in Seoul in 1988. Djokovic was the bronze medallist in Beijing and he will be looking for gold here in Rio. The men's water polo team are the reigning world champions. Badminton player Wong carries the flag. For Olympic medals for Singapore. Three of the four in table tennis. Ghazal leads out the contingent. They won gold in the 1996 Atlanta games. This is Somalia. The best performance was the sixth in the 100 m 1996 Atlanta games. Only two athletes competing in Rio 2016. Swaziland. Sibusiso Matsenjwa, track and field star, leads them out. It comprises only two athletes Sudan. Only one medal previously at the Olympics. In Beijing in the 800m. Absolute joy and delight for these Sudanese athletes, one of two nations making its Olympic debut in Rio. Achieved independence in 2011. Sweden. Hosted the games in stockholm in 1912. They also hosted in 1956 in the equestrian events. 2004 was a great year in track and field for Sweden. They won the heptathlon. Christian Olsen won the men's triple jump. They have hosted the Winter Olympics games twice. But they have not hosted an Olympics games. In London, it was one of the most memorable finishes in all of any sport when triathlete Nicholas claim the gold medal for Switzerland it was one of my moments of the London Olympic Games. Watching that was thrilling. They took a photo finish to decide gold and silver. Suriname. Two medals at the Olympics one by swimmer in the 100 meter butterfly. Who could forget that final in Seoul when he beat the American by 1/100 of a second. Dilshod Nazarov carrying the flag. 334-year-old hammer thrower in his fourth Olympic Games. Goody when his country's first-ever Olympic gold? They have three medals but have never won the gold. Next is a nation, 54 athletes from Thailand. The 20-year-old golfer became Thailand's first major champion when she won the women's British Open. She had already won three times earlier this year on her tour. She is now a major champion and a contender for gold in 2016. Chinese Taipei. Equestrian star Isheau Wong leads out Chinese Taipei she is from the South West Coast, where baseball is a popular sport United Republic of Tanzania won two medals. Silver in the men's 5000m and men's 3000m steeplechase. Czech Republic, competing in their six games. One of the best-known athletes, three gold medals in the men's javelin. Only person in history to win the 5000, 10,000 and marathon. His wife one javelin gold in the same year he completed that unusual triple. It made its Olympic debut in the 2004 games in Athens. Four years earlier, they competed at the Sydney games under the independent athlete banner. Togo. 17-year-old simmer is carrying the flag she also competed in London at 13 years of age. Tonga. Just one medal at previous Olympics. That was a silver 20 years ago in Atlanta in men's super weight boxing. Not surprising to see Oussame Mellouli lead out Trinidad. He won the first Olympic gold medal in 76. Richard Thompson won silver behind Usain Bolt in Beijing. Won the 3000m steeplechase in London. Turkmenistan, Central Asian country, largely desert. Competed for the Soviet Union until the 1980s. Claimed silver in small ball rifle shooting. Turkey. Who could forget the 10 inch tall man who won three consecutive gold medals in weightlifting, including an Atlanta in 1996. He would have won gold in the weight class above them with the lift he produced. Extraordinary character. It is fair to say there wrestling has provided many of the great successes. 28 of their gold medals have come from wrestling. 100m sprinter Etimoni Timuani is the flag bearer. He has got a support team behind him. He is the only competitor for them in Rio. Ukraine, the six games as an independent country. They have won more medals in gymnastics then any else. Their most famous athlete is the gold winner in poll vaults when he was representing the Soviet Union. 35 times Serget broke the pole vault record. In the high jump, they have to have a chance. When I think Uganda in the Olympic Games, I think of the athlete who won the 400 hurdles, tthe first man to break the 42nd barrier. A marathon gold. He returns to defend his London title. They were unpopular in 1950 when they beat the host nation Brazil 2-1 to claim the World Cup, but they are welcome here and at the Maracana. Second smallest country in South America. Two-time Olympic football medallists. Uzbekistan Bakhodir Jalolov, the 22-year-old super heavyweight boxer. He is an imposing figure. Won gold in London. His third consecutive gold in wrestling. Incidentally, three medals in London in compact sports. Wrestling, judo, boxing. Table tennis star Yoshua Shing leads out Vanuatu is contingent. In 1988, there was a bantamweight boxer who was said to be their first Olympic competitor. He was disqualified for being overweight aafter eating breakfast before the way in. Venezuela. Ruben Limardo, only medallist in London, and it was gold. Celebrated his 31st birthday three days ago. The now only has two Olympic medals, Both are silver. In tae kwon do and weightlifting. But watch out for the swimming this year. The women's 400m. Cy Thompson is competing in the sport of sailing, and it was in sailing they won their only previous Olympic medal. That was the silver 28 years ago in Seoul. Ashley Kelly with an enormous smile on her face as she gets the honour to lead out the British Virgin Islands. Only four athletes. Lovely coral reef. Striking beauty. Zambia has a total of two Olympic medals. One silver and one bronze. The last one was the silver in Atlanta. That was in the 400m hurdles. The other in Los Angeles in 1984. That was in boxing. Zimbabwe is a country that has some unlikely success like that women's hockey goal 1980. Leading them out as Kirsty Coventry. This is her fifth and final Olympics games. She hangs up her swimming pools after this. After 205 magnificent welcomes, we are about to witness the biggest two of the evening. The next one not for a nation but for a group of athletes. A magnificent moment in Olympic history. Among their ranks is a swimmer who when crossing with fellow refugees from Turkey to Greece saw that the dinghy she and her that the refugees were in was sinking and she dived into the water with four other people and drag the dinghy to safety. She said after that that competing in the Olympics may not be so hard after all. A standing ovation. But get yourself ready for this. The last of the nation. As tradition dictates, it is the home nation. Brazil. CROWD ROARS so many of these athletes have been dreaming of this very moment since 2 October 2009. When was announced that Rio de Janeiro would be the host city for the other big games. And now that dream comes true. A proud nation looks on. Just a magnificent reception for the Brazilian athletes. They have some real superstars in their ranks. That includes Barcelona sensational Striker Neymar. Silver in the polevault, aiming for gold in her home country. The pentathlete is the flag bearer for, Yane Marques. I spoke to a previous flag bearer who said that every tiny things of that moment they her stand-up on the back of his neck. I am sure a lot of that is happening now in Brazil. 471 athletes. A total of 637 people experiencing the moment they will never ever forget. So the mirror planter boxes which are now carry the seeds deposited by the nations of the world make their way through the centre of the stadium. After we have seen teams ranging from 561 athletes, the United States of America, to one athlete from Tuvalu. 101 teams have 10 athletes or less. But they all made their mark in the ceremony. And when those seeds, the 11,000 of them, form the athletes forest in the radical Park, it will be a legacy to the city of Rio de Janeiro. There will be 207 species, one for each Olympic delegation. And the wonderful sight that greeted at the moment as you see the athletes congregating, mingling, meeting the other athletes of the world. In the past there has been a tradition that athletes would stand with their fellow countrymen, but there has been little of that that we have seen. The mood has just been so joyous here. After the trouble is that the world has seen in recent times. Every country unites in Rio. As it so often does, sport brings everyone together. (music slows) (crowd cheers) ladies and gentlemen, the athletes of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (MUSIC SWELLS) the famous symbol turns green. Not the five colours. A reminder to us all that the idea of the environment should be universal. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Carlos Arthur Nuzman. Thomas Bach, Olympic champion fencing 1976. Both of these men are Olympians in their own right. BOA NOITE, BRASIL, BONSOIR A TOUS, GOOD EVENING TO THE WORLD! President of the International committee, Thomas Bach. International authorities, YES, I'M TALKING TO THE WHOLE PLANET - FIVE CONTINENTS, FIVE BILLION PEOPLE OR MORE. WE WELCOME YOU IN RIO. THE OLYMPIC CITY. HERE WE STAND TO DELIVER HISTORY - HISTORY TO BE MADE BY THE ATHLETES, THE VOLUNTEERS, THE PUBLIC, THE YOUTH. THE OLYMPIC DREAM IS NOW A WONDERFUL REALITY. O MELHOR LUGAR DO MUNDO E AQUI. E AGORA... CROWD CHEERS BRAZIL WELCOMES THE WORLD WITH OPEN ARMS. I'M THE PROUDEST MAN ALIVE. I'M THE PROUDEST MAN ALIVE. I'M PROUD OF MY CITY, MY COUNTRY, MY PEOPLE. CROWD CHEERS I'M PROUD TO BE AN OLYMPIAN ATHLETE, AS A VOLLEYBALL PLAYER IN TOKYO 1964 AND PROUD TO BE HERE TALKING TO THE BEST ATHLETES IN THE UNIVERSE. LET'S CELEBRATE TOGETHER AS WE WORKED TOGETHER TO BUILD THE GAMES OF THE 31ST OLYMPIAD. THESE ARE YOUR GAMES, THE FIRST IN SOUTH AMERICA. CROWD CHEERS taking the Olympic experience to new regions of the world. GAMES THAT WE DELIVER TO THE BEST, FROM THE BEST. INSPIRED BY THE ATHLETES, GUIDED BY THE POETS, WE WORK FOR THE FUTURE. DESSE BRASIL GIGANTE QUE APRENDEMOS A ADORAR NASCE HOJE UM MUNDO NOVO. TRABALHAMOS SETE ANOS NUMA JORNADA CROWD CHEERS RIO DE JANEIRO IS PROUD TO BE THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, HONOURED WITH OUR GUESTS, ENLIGHTED BY THE TRANSFORMATION THAT WE PROMISED AND DELIVERED - A JOB THAT WE COULD ONLY FINISH WITH THE HELP OF OUR PEOPLE, OF OUR THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENTS: FEDERAL, STATE AND CITY, OUR FRIENDS, AND, I WILL SAY AGAIN, YOU ALL VOLUNTEERS. CROWD CHEERS The unity of the sport - we believe that and we did it. Rio is ready to make history. Thank you. NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HAND OVER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE IOC, THOMAS BACH, WHO ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE SUCCESS OF THE RIO 2016 GAMES. Thank you very much. DEAR FELLOW OLYMPIANS, DISTINGUES REPRESENTANTS DES AUTORITES BRESILIENNES, VOTRE EXCELLENCE, MONSIEUR LE SECRETAIRE GENERAL DES NATIONS UNIES, BAN KI-MOON, EXCELLENCES, MONSIEUR LE PRESIDENT DU COMITE D ORGANISATION DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES RIO 2016, MON CHER COLLEGUE ET AMI CARLOS NUZMAN, CHERS AMIS OLYMPIQUES DU MONDE ENTIER, BIENVENUE AUX JEUX DE LA XXXIE OLYMPIADE RIO 2016. CROWD CHEERS THIS IS THE MOMENT OF THE CIDADE MARAVILHOSA. THE FIRST-EVER OLYMPIC GAMES IN SOUTH AMERICA WILL GO FROM BRAZIL TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES AT ALL LEVELS AND ALL BRAZILIANS CAN BE VERY PROUD TONIGHT. WITH THE OLYMPIC GAMES AS A CATALYST, WITH THE OLYMPIC GAMES AS A CATALYST, YOU HAVE ACHIEVED IN JUST SEVEN YEARS WHAT GENERATIONS BEFORE YOU COULD ONLY DREAM OF. YOU HAVE TRANSFORMED THE WONDERFUL CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO INTO A MODERN METROPOLIS AND MADE IT EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL. OUR ADMIRATION IS EVEN GREATER BECAUSE YOU MANAGED THIS AT A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN BRAZILIAN HISTORY. WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN YOU. VOTRE PASSION POUR LE SPORT ET VOTRE JOIE DE VIVRE NOUS INSPIRENT. CELEBRONS ENSEMBLE CES JEUX OLYMPIQUES DANS CE GRAND PAYS, LE BRESIL. THE BEST AMBASSADORS OF THIS OLYMPIC SPIRIT A LA BRAZIL ARE THE MANY THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS. MUITO OBRIGADO, VOLUNTARIOS! CROWD CHEERS WE ARE LIVING IN A WORLD OF CRISES, MISTRUST AND UNCERTAINTY. HERE IS OUR OLYMPIC ANSWER - THE 10,000 BEST ATHLETES IN THE WORLD, COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER, AT THE SAME TIME LIVING PEACEFULLY TOGETHER IN ONE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, SHARING THEIR MEALS AND THEIR EMOTIONS. CROWD CHEERS IN THIS OLYMPIC WORLD, THERE IS ONE UNIVERSAL LAW FOR EVERYBODY. IN THIS OLYMPIC WORLD, WE ARE ALL EQUAL. IN THIS OLYMPIC WORLD, WE SEE THAT THE VALUES OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY ARE STRONGER THAN THE FORCES WHICH WANT TO DIVIDE US. SO I CALL UPON YOU, THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES - RESPECT YOURSELF, RESPECT EACH OTHER, RESPECT THE OLYMPIC VALUES WHICH MAKE THE OLYMPIC GAMES UNIQUE FOR YOU AND FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD. WE ARE LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE SELFISHNESS IS GAINING GROUND, WHERE CERTAIN PEOPLE CLAIM TO BE SUPERIOR TO OTHERS. HERE IS OUR OLYMPIC ANSWER - IN THE SPIRIT OF OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY AND WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT, WE WELCOME THE REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM. DEAR REFUGEE ATHLETES - CROWD CHEERS Dear refugee athletes, YOU ARE SENDING A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO ALL THE MANY MILLIONS OF REFUGEES AROUND THE GLOBE. YOU HAD TO FLEE FROM YOUR HOMES BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE, HUNGER OR JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE DIFFERENT. NOW WITH YOUR GREAT TALENT AND HUMAN SPIRIT, YOU ARE MAKING A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY. IN THIS OLYMPIC WORLD, WE DO NOT JUST TOLERATE DIVERSITY. IN THIS OLYMPIC WORLD, WE DO NOT JUST TOLERATE DIVERSITY. IN THIS OLYMPIC WORLD WE WELCOME YOU AS AN ENRICHMENT TO OUR 'UNITY IN DIVERSITY'. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO CONTRIBUTE IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE THROUGH SPORT. TO HONOUR SUCH OUTSTANDING PERSONALITIES WHO PUT SPORT AT THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS CREATED A UNIQUE DISTINCTION, WHICH WE AWARD FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE THROUGH SPORT, IN THE TRUE OLYMPIC SPIRIT, THE OLYMPIC LAUREL IS AWARDED TO THE GREAT OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND GREAT OLYMPIC PHILANTHROPIST, MR KIPCHOGE KEINO. CROWD CHEERS SOFT ACOUSTIC MUSIC MY NAME IS KIP. I am an Olympic record holder. It is a home of athletes. When I was young, eight years old, I used to run from my house to school. I was training without knowing. Music continues MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS-YEAR-OLD. My dad took care of me. After my career of running, I helped in the children's home. To be able to give them shelter and education. Having a children's home we studied a primary school, high school and a training centre and through sports, we can introduce peaceful life in this world. Hello, good afternoon. Education is a weapon. It doesn't cause any destruction. Instead, it creates peace. We came to the world with nothing. We will leave this world with nothing. All we need is peace, love and unity. MUSIC BUILDS ladies and gentlemen, Kip Keino!! CROWD CHEERS 76 years of age. Dual Olympic champion. The man who captured gold in the 1500m in 1968. Just by a mere 20m. Four years later, he won the 3000m steeplechase. Now he lives on a farm in Kenya, and runs a charitable institution. He is one of the great Olympians, Kip Keino. CROWD CHEERS CROWD CHEERS the first winner of the Olympic laurel. From here on to be awarded at every Olympic Games. MUSIC CONTINUES DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I'm extremely honoured to be the first recipient of such a historic and important award from my friend Thomas, the president of the International Olympics. As I receive this award, I would like to thank my family, my friends and all who have supported me in all. CROWD CHEERS my request to you, all sports men and women, is to join me in the continuation to support all the youth of the world to get basic humanity. Food, shelter, and education. CROWD CHEERS education supports not only- and powers our youths to be better citizens and to be leaders of the future, but there will also mould them to make positive change in humanity. To motivate them to be better youths in this world we live today. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we came to this world with nothing. We will leave this world with nothing. God is great. It is all education each other, education, to the youths to educate the future humanity. Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. CROWD CHEERS an inaugural inductee into the Hall of Fame. The great Kip Keino. AND NOW LET US ALL CELEBRATE TOGETHER OLYMPIC GAMES A LA BRAZIL. CROWD CHEERS CROWD CHEERS ladies and gentlemen, the Olympic flag. This tradition dates back to the Antwerp games in 1920. The Olympic flag is carried by... CROWD CHEERS CROWD CHEERS Olympic medallist bronze and gold beach volleyball... five-time Olympic medallist bronze, silver and gold sailing. Olympic medallist silver and gold athletics... Joaquin Cruz. Two-time Olympic silver medallist and player of the year football. De Silva! CROWD CHEERS first woman president of the Supreme Court. ANNOUNCER SPEAKS FRENCH Gold medallist Pan-American games basketball Oscar Schmidt! HE IS AN OFFICIALLY CONSIDERED THE ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER IN HISTORY all areas of Brazilian life represented. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the Olympic anthem. KOSTIS PALAMAS' 'OLYMPIC HYMN' PLAYS ALL SING OLYMPIC HYMN Olympic Light burn on and on overseas and mountains and plains. Unite, inspire, bring honour to these ascending games. May the valour reign victorious along the path of golden way. # Surround the soul of every nation # Oh flame, # eternal in your firmament, # so bright # Illuminate us # with your everlasting light # That grace and beauty # and magnificence # Shine like the sun # Blazing above # Bestow on us your honour, # truth and love 40 children were discovered from a clip on you tube. The Olympic Oath. ANNOUNCER SPEAKS FRENCH To take the Olympic oath on behalf of all the athletes, ROBERT SCHEIDT, (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) To take the Olympic oath on behalf of all the judges, MARTINHO NOBRE. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) To take the Olympic oath on behalf of all the coaches, ADRIANA SANTOS, CHEERING the oaths were taken, a tradition that was started in the 1920s. And now a segment for the athletes. We talked about making a lot out of not much. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) SAMBA MUSIC PLAYS VOCALIST SINGS IN PORTUGUESE (SINGS IN PORTUGUESE) SAMBA MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING, WHISTLES BLOW The musical talents of Caetano Veloso and Anitta. And now the sound of the city. DRUMS BEAT QUICKLY ALL CONTINUE SINGING IN PORTUGUESE MUSIC SLOWS MUSIC QUICKENS DRUMS BEAT RHYTHMICALLY DRUMS CONTINUE BEATING LOUDLY WHISTLES TRILL SINGLE DRUM BEAT MULTIPLE DRUM BEATS RAPID DRUM MUSIC CONTINUES MUSIC SLOWS SOFT ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC (SINGS IN PORTUGUESE) CHEERING WHISTLES TRILL MUSIC QUICKENS ALL CONTINUE SINGING IN PORTUGUESE DRUM BEATS CONTINUE CHEERING ANNOUNCER SPEAKS FRENCH Ladies and gentlemen, the Olympic flame. ANNOUNCER SPEAKS PORTUGUESE The question that has been on everybody's lips in recent times here in Rio is who will light the flame, how will it be done and what will the cauldron look like. DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS A journey that has taken the flame all the way from Greece to Rio is about to end. ANNOUNCER SPEAKS FRENCH TRICAMPEAO DE ROLAND GARROS E EX NUMERO 1 DO MUNDO, GUSTAVO KEURTEN. JOUEUSE DE BASKETBALL, MEDAILLE D ARGENT A ATLANTA EN 1996, BASKETBALL PLAYER, SILVER MEDALLIST, ATLANTA 1996, HORTENCIA MARCARI. OGADORA DE BASQUETE, MEDALHISTA DE PRATA, ATLANTA 1996, HORTENCIA MARCARI. PIERRE DE COUBERTIN MEDAILLE HONOREE. MEDAILLE DE BRONZE, MARATHON, ATHENES 2004, PIERRE DE COUBIRTIN MEDAL HONOREE. BRONZE MEDAL, MARATHON, ATHENS 2004, OUTORGADO COM A MEDALHA PIERRE DE COUBERTIN. MEDALHA DE BRONZE, MARATONA, ATENAS 2004, VANDERLEI CORDEIRO DE LIMA. CHEERING MUSIC BUILDS CHEERING STRING MUSIC SOARS This cauldron in Brazil breaks the tradition because it is small and low in emissions, in keeping with the games. The eye of the flame, representing the sun, a source of energy that we should all exploit. CHEERING DRAMATIC STRING MUSIC Rio closes the opening ceremony and let us sit back and enjoy the next 16 days, but Brazil thinks let us look beyond that too. FIREWORKS BANG DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS MUSIC SOARS The conclusion of the ceremony, the cauldron will be taken into the centre so that all the visitors of this wonderful city can be touched by the Olympic flame. FIREWORKS BANG STRING MUSIC CONTINUES ORCHESTRAL MUSIC SOARS CHEERING