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Rio opens amid protests and spectacle at Maracana
Rio de Janeiro lit up for the opening ceremony as Bundchen dazzled the 78,000 seat Maracana. Ban Ki moon urged an Olympic truce while Temer faced jeers. Greece led athletes into the stadium with a Refugee Olympic Team. Phelps carried USA flag as Scheidt led a global pledge against doping amid Russia’s reduced roster.
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Maracana
Bundchen
Tom Jobim
Daniel
Ipanema
U.N
Ban Ki-moon
International Olympic Committee
Rio
Chicago
Tokyo
Madrid
IOC
Thomas Bach
Michel Temer
Brazil
Temer
Dilma Rousseff
Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima
de Lima
Greece
Syria
South Sudan
Congo
Ethiopia
Rose Nathike Lokonyen
Sudan
Kenya
Rio Park
USA
Michael Phelps
U.S
Robert Scheidt
Russia