5 interesting things to know about the Rio Olympics 2016 Opening Ceremony
1) Flag bearer from India
In the parade of nations, Greece always enters as first nation to honour its status as the birthplace of Olympics. There are a total of 207 teams and hosts Brazil will appear the last. The other countries enter in the alphabetical order and India’s turn is at 95. The flag bearer from India is Abhinav Bindra, the ace shooter and this will be his fourth Olympic appearance. Indian contingent is represented by 122 athletes with 56 of them women. Both these numbers are at historic high for India in Olympics.
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