Ever wondered how Olympians deal with setbacks? Bonnie Jansen found out.
Ever wondered how Olympians deal with setbacks? Bonnie Jansen found out.
New Zealand's very own Dan Carter makes the list of famous faces at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Varsha Anjali with the story here.
The opening ceremony took place this morning. Kris Shannon is in Paris and has this report: The Olympic Games begin in soggy but spectacular style
While the world’s eyes will be fixed on the latest showdown between Australian world record holder Ariarne Titmus, American legend Katie Ledecky and Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh, Erika Fairweather looms as a conceivable spoiler in the 400m freestyle.
Kris Shannon speaks with the 20-year-old ahead of the women’s heats, also featuring Eve Thomas, which starts at 9pm.
What a way to wrap things up in Paris for the opening ceremony.
Céline Dion’s rendition of that famous ode to love signs off the opening ceremony.
The competition starts officially this evening (NZ time).
The cauldron has taken off under the balloon and shot into the air. It's quite the sight and I'll share a photo when one becomes available.
A year and a half after the singer withdrew from public engagements due to Stiff Person Syndrome, a neurological condition that causes muscle spasms, Dion is in Paris to perform Édith Piaf’s famous work, Hymne à l’amour (the Hymn to Love), written to the love of her life, boxer Marcel Cerdan, who died in a plane crash barely a month after it was first performed.
The cauldron is lit. A ring of flames spanning seven metres in diameter and there's a hot air balloon above it 30m high - nod to the first hydrogen-powered flight of a balloon, which took place in the Tuileries in 1783.
The whole group of torchbearers, which has now grown to 18 and made up of various Olympians and Paralympians, finally approaches the cauldron before handing the torch off to the final torchbearers: Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec.
The Cauldron is located in the Jardin des Tuileries, aligned with the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, and the Arc de Triomphe.
We're moments away from the big moment