All the stars are coming out for Day 2 of the Olympic tennis tournament, from No. 1 seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, to 2008 gold medalist Andy Murray, 2012 gold medalist Andy Murray and more.
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Not even Brazil’s Olympic soccer team in its first match at the Games has attracted a capacity crowd and on Sunday the women’s sevens tournament was played in front of at best half-filled 15,000-seater Deodoro stadium while only a few thousand spectators watched the women’s cycling road race.
Along with the on-the-ground human operatives, the U.S.is also engaged in use of spy satellites, electronic eavesdropping, and surveillance of social media to try to head off any attacks.
They could see the fireworks but they have felt no impact from the Olympic Games.
Canada was represented at the opening ceremony by Governor General David Johnston.
“They motivate us – especially our young people – to be more active in sport, whether it is in our own backyards, in local parks, or in sport venues from coast to coast to coast”.
Now that his flag-carrying duties are out of the way, Michael Phelps is eager to get started on his fifth Olympics.
The opening ceremony for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games was a colourful celebration of the country’s history and diversity, but was fairly low-tech, a sign of Brazil’s straitened economic circumstance.
On behalf of all 11,288 competitors (6,182 men; 5,106 women), a Brazilian athlete pledged an oath that they won’t take banned drugs – a promise likely to ring false to many fans after the scandal of government-orchestrated cheating in Russian Federation.
A man was found dead outside Rio’s state university (yellow) near Maracana Stadium, the site of the Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Iran’s flag bearer was Zahra Nemati, their first ever female flag-carrier who will compete in archery despite being paralyzed in both legs.
“The world is very tense and so is Brazil”.
The ceremony focused on environmental issues, particularly global warming.
The cauldron was designed by American sculptor Anthony Howe, who told The Associated Press he was inspired by life in the tropics.
The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee defended his support of the decision not to ban Russia’s entire team from the Rio Games, framing it as a done deal by the time he weighed in on it, and a stance that received wide support among athletes.
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Prices for the Rio tickets range between $10 and about $1,150 for the opening ceremony.
