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This Opening Ceremony was chaotic and surreal but forget the critics - not even the torrential downpour could douse the ...
The boats that carried the Olympians along the River Seine through the torrential rain and the dark of night were festooned with strings of lights that made them look like chariots of fire. They sailed in a great flotilla of speedboats, water taxis and …