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Magnificent and humbling: the Paris opening ceremony was a tribute to witnessing superhuman feats of the extraordinary

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There has never been an opening ceremony quite like it.

For the first time in Olympic Games history, the ceremony took place outside a stadium arena. Despite a rainy and miserable Paris evening, enormous crowds - most who paid no fee to attend - lined the banks of the Seine to witness this outdoor promenade of history, art and sport as 100 boats carrying 10,500 athletes sailed down the river.

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