The Paris Olympics begin today after a stunning opening ceremony on Friday night.Sports correspondent Matt Majendie talks us through key moments of the opening ceremony and day one of the Paris Olympics.
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00:00It was an utterly miserable evening to kick off Paris 2024 last night with the opening ceremony.
00:05Very, very heavy rain when conditions had been pretty good leading up to it.
00:09And that sort of continued through the night and into the morning.
00:12Very wet, not quite as heavy, but not the cheeriest of days.
00:16But weather does improve from tomorrow.
00:18From a Team GB perspective, it's about who's going to win the first medal for the team.
00:23First opportunity is at the Diving where Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Moo-Jensen are going in the 3m Synchro competition.
00:31I think they're ranked 4th in the world. They've got a pretty good chance of a medal.
00:34And then later it's Josh Tarling going in the Individual Cycling Time Trial.
00:38Now he's 3rd at the World Championships.
00:40Probably one of three realistic riders to win, maybe just outside of the top two.
00:46So it'll be interesting to see how he goes, particularly in the wet weather.
00:48You know, there'll be a few people slipping off their bikes.
00:50And then into the evening, big one is Swimming.
00:52Adam Peaty, one of the established names of the team, going in the 100m breaststroke.
00:56Heaps and semi-finals today.
00:58Going for a hat-trick of titles in that, and that final will be tomorrow.