UAE team at Rio Olympics opening ceremony
Swimmer Nada Al Bedwawi proudly flew the UAE flag as she led her team into the Maracana Stadium at the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics early on Saturday (Friday night in Brazil).
Fireworks and laser-lit choreography launched the Rio Games as Brazil sought to forget seven years of trubled preparations and the Olympic movement temporarily put aside its doping crisis.
Under the gaze of Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue, 78,000 people watched the four-hour party with Michael Phelps and other sporting superstars taking centre-stage in South America’s first Olympics.
