rio olympics 2016
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I agree - that climate change nonsense was not needed.
Other than that, it was quite a good opening ceremony. I was just annoyed that I missed the lighting of the caulfron.
The Opening Ceremony started at midnigfht UK time and finished about 4am UK time. I watched all the singing and dancing - including that clever bit, during the segment where it showed life starting on Earth and then the Brazilian rainforest being created, when a city started springing up out of the ground (it was actually clever 3D visual effects) and people were leaping from building to building - and then the athletes' parade into the Maracana but then when they were doing those long, boring speeches afterwards and the oaths I started feeling really tired. I kept saying: "Hurry up and light the cauldron!" I was desperate for them to light it so I can see it and then go to bed. Instead, that's when the carnival started - when an actual Rio carnival came into the stadium. And it was at that big that I couldn't hold on. Everything just went black for an indeterminable amount of time and then, some time later, I woke up to be confronted by BBC News 24. And I realised then that I'd fallen asleep and I missed the lighting of the cauldron. I checked the time and it was about 4:15am, so I'd only been asleep for about half an hour. But I missed the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
It should have been Brazilian football legen Pele lighting the cauldron, but he pulled out at the last minute due to ill-health. So Brazilian tennis star Gustavo Kuerten lit it instead.
As for the sport today, three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is Britain's gold medal hope.
And not only have the Olympics started, but the new English football season also starts today! So a great weekend for sport.
During London 2012, the football season didtn't start until just after the Olympics finished.
Top 10 largest teams at Rio 2016:
1. USA: 554 athletes
2. Brazil: 465
3. Australia: 421
4. Germany: 419
5. China: 399
6. France: 395
7. Great Britain: 366
8. Japan: 334
9. Canada: 315
10. Spain: 306
Other than that, it was quite a good opening ceremony. I was just annoyed that I missed the lighting of the caulfron.
The Opening Ceremony started at midnigfht UK time and finished about 4am UK time. I watched all the singing and dancing - including that clever bit, during the segment where it showed life starting on Earth and then the Brazilian rainforest being created, when a city started springing up out of the ground (it was actually clever 3D visual effects) and people were leaping from building to building - and then the athletes' parade into the Maracana but then when they were doing those long, boring speeches afterwards and the oaths I started feeling really tired. I kept saying: "Hurry up and light the cauldron!" I was desperate for them to light it so I can see it and then go to bed. Instead, that's when the carnival started - when an actual Rio carnival came into the stadium. And it was at that big that I couldn't hold on. Everything just went black for an indeterminable amount of time and then, some time later, I woke up to be confronted by BBC News 24. And I realised then that I'd fallen asleep and I missed the lighting of the cauldron. I checked the time and it was about 4:15am, so I'd only been asleep for about half an hour. But I missed the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
It should have been Brazilian football legen Pele lighting the cauldron, but he pulled out at the last minute due to ill-health. So Brazilian tennis star Gustavo Kuerten lit it instead.
As for the sport today, three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is Britain's gold medal hope.
And not only have the Olympics started, but the new English football season also starts today! So a great weekend for sport.
During London 2012, the football season didtn't start until just after the Olympics finished.
Top 10 largest teams at Rio 2016:
1. USA: 554 athletes
2. Brazil: 465
3. Australia: 421
4. Germany: 419
5. China: 399
6. France: 395
7. Great Britain: 366
8. Japan: 334
9. Canada: 315
10. Spain: 306
It's the only time you'd ever see his face. Whilst swimming, all you'd see would be the soles of his feet.
I'm sure the 21 gold medals would serve to intimidate you.
And had Yorkshire had its own team at London 2012 it would have finished 12th in the medals table, between Japan and Kazahstan and 24 places above Canada.
Maybe that should serve to intimidate YOU.
Why? I'm not in the Olympics.
You're being stupider than usual today. Early start on the lager?
You're just splitting hares, now.
As for Phelps, he seems a bit of an arrogant prick to me. What was that hand egsture he did last night? He also didn't seem to be much of a hurry to shake hands with Chad le Clos.
could have done without the climate change bull****.leo should have narrated that segment.
Brazil is expecting a billion dollar windfall from Canada, the US, and Europe if they can pull off this scam.
You bet they're going to make climate change an issue.
WOW! Twenty One Gold Medals! Those Brits across the pond must be beside themselves!
Oh yeah. There are mass demonstrations in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh.
Spread the lies and hatred, Blackmold. Then tell everybody you're just funnin'.
Lager lout.
Think Briddin'll beat Michael Phelps in gold medal count this time?
Lager lout.
Think Briddin'll beat Michael Phelps in gold medal count this time?