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Greece leads players parade in opening ceremony
AGENCIES | Issue Dated: January 1, 1970, London
Tags : Greece | traditional hosts | Olympic Stadium | Alexandros Nikolaidis | |
Tags : Greece | traditional hosts | Olympic Stadium | Alexandros Nikolaidis | |
Greece, the traditional hosts of the Olympics, led the 204 nations and their athletes into the Olympic Stadium in the opening ceremony on Friday.
Taekwondo fighter Alexandros Nikolaidis led Greece's parade. Nikolaidis is hoping to improve on his silver medal finish in the Beijing Games.
The Greek delegation is without triple jumper Voula Papachristou, who was kicked out of the Olympics on Wednesday for her Twitter comments mocking African immigrants.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
