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The organisers still put on a spectacular show and a ceremony focusing on togetherness, connection and inclusion. only 22 of team gb were there, led by flag—bearers hannah mills, the sailor and rower mo sbihi — both gold medallists from rio 2016. and then the olympic flame entered the stadium and was passed to the final torchbearer — naomi osaka, one of the faces of the games to light the cauldron which will burn for the next 16 days. jeannette kwayke is there for the bbc. it was just fantastic to see when the athletes came in, the energy that they brought to the ceremony. of course it w...

Woman who went missing from her boyfriend's yacht in the caribbean appeal for him to help police find out what happened on the night she disappeared. sport now. and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. good afternoon. the olympics opening ceremony is taking place in tokyo, and nations have been out for the parade in smaller numbers than previous games in light of the restrictions around covid. the organisers still put on a spectacular show for the world watching on — a fireworks sequence and a ceremony focusing on togetherness, connection and inclusion as well as ref...

Personal care assistant telling me what's going on. i trust her to tell me what's around me and that's critical to a deaf blind person, that trust between a pca and like my mom said, we are a team. we work together to navigate the world. >> maria, did you feel like you had a choice or did you have to pull out, you couldn't do it without your mom. >> i couldn't. i couldn't. after my rio 2016 experience, i knew i could never travel by myself again as a deaf blind person because of the challenges. i couldn't put myself through that again, never again. >> maria, when we think about her commitment ...

Show for you, and you're not getting to do it. >> i'm heartbroken. i can't even put it into words. i haven't been sleeping well. i haven't been eating. it's just torn mie apart. swim sergio garcia who i am, it's given me identity as a person. i've always been known as becca the swimmer and not becca the deaf/blind person. now i feel worthless as a person. for someone who trained five years for this moment, especially an extra year with the pandemic, it makes it all seem like it was for nothing. >> you made the decision, though, that this wasn't going to work out without your mom being there to...

Casual Olympic track and field fans may wonder why there is a middle-distance event called the steeplechase that features barriers and a water pit. Here's why!