Athletes are pouring into Olympic Stadium, happy, clapping, waving flags. French Olympians in white uniforms are doing backflips, Ethiopians in yellow are dancing, the Dutch in bright orange are mugging for the TV cameras.

Sheila Norman-Culp — Twitter http://twitter.com/snormanculp

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