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Photo highlights of Rio 2016 - opening ceremony

Rio 2016: Opening Ceremony

The Olympics are officially open! Tonight, the 28th Olympic Games officially began in Rio de Janeiro. Behind us is a spectacular show, which was also a part of the Slovenian national team, which proudly walked around the Maracana stadium with Vasili Žbogar at the helm. Check out some fantastic highlights from the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He is at the stadium at 2:30 Maracana, where the opening ceremony of the 28th Olympic Games took place Rio 2016, brought the Slovenian flag Vasilij Zbogar and brought along a group of Slovenian Olympians who walked in front of him 60,000-strong crowd as the 67th country in a row out of a total of 207.

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Slovenian Olympic team.
Slovenian Olympic team.

Olympic flame lit up the former Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima - the one who was on his way to a gold medal at the Athens Olympics, but was then attacked shortly before the finish line by Irish priest Neil Horan - who stepped in for the legendary footballer Pele, who had to give up the honor due to a recent hip operation.

With the lighting of the flame, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games officially opened.
With the lighting of the flame, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games officially opened.

The fire was brought to the stadium by a former tennis player Gustavo Kuerten, which he handed over to the basketball player Horencii Marcari.

Rio 2016: opening ceremony - photo highlights

Rio 2016: opening ceremony - video highlights

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