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Olympic opening ceremony defies rain with boat spectacle and Lady Gaga performance

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Zinedine Zidane starred in a video to tee up the arrival of the Olympic flame before flares set off from the Austerlitz Bridge formed a tricolore.

A total of 85 boats then carried the team delegations on a six-kilometre journey through the centre of Paris, with more than 300,000 spectators lining the banks of the river.

Lady Gaga rehersing along the Seine ahead of the opening ceremony

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The threatened rain arrived as the Olympic flame was transferred to the river bank to make its way through the crowds.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was among those watching from the main stadium in the Jardins du Trocadero, donned in a Team GB rain jacket while others were decked out in ponchos.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

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