Then Brazil`s Acting President Michel Temer has declared Rio`s Summer Games to be open.
The Summer Olympic Games are being held in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro from August 5 until August 21.
After a colorful show, the parade of nations has started, and as always by tradition. Azerbaijani team came to the stadium after the Austrian national team. Flag of Azerbaijan carried by boxer Teymur Mammadov.
The head of the organizing committee of the "Rio 2016" Carlos Nuzman, and head of the IOC Thomas Bach delivered speech at the solemn opening ceremony.
Brazilian marathoner Vanderlei De Lima has lit the cauldron at the Rio Games.
Recall that Azerbaijan is represented at the Olympics with 56 athletes in 18 kinds of sport. At the Games in Rio de Janeiro to fight for 306 sets of medals in 33 kinds of sports will lead more than 10 thousand athletes from 206 countries.
The Summer Olympic Games are being held in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro from August 5 until August 21.
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