London Olympics 2012: Opening ceremony: Watch Free Live Streaming | 27 July 2012

27th July is the big day when the London Olympics are formally inagurated in a colourful and amazing opening ceremony at the famous London Hyde Park. The 2012 Summer Olympic features 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines.

The official London Olympics Logo and Mascots [ Mandeville and Wenlock  - above right]

For the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II will be the chief guest, who will be received by the President of the IOC at the entrance of the Olympic Stadium.

After the chief guest settles down, the proceedings of the opening ceremony will unfold as under:

Parade of Athletes -  Over 10,000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are expected to participate. The procession of the participating teams in the Stadium, nation by nation in alphabetical order, according to the language of the Host Country will take place as soon as the chief guest is seated. The first team to enter will be of Greece as the modern Olympic games originated from Greece. And the last team will be that of Great Britain, being the host country.

Speeches / Declaration of Opening of the Games of the XXX Olympiad / London Olympics 2012 - Two speeches will be made: one by LOCOG Chair Seb Coe, followed by Jacques Rogge. At the end of the speeches, Queen Elizabeth II be requested to officially declare the Games open.

Hoisting of Olympic Flag and playing of Olympic Anthem

Oath taking ceremony from the participants

The Torch and Cauldron - After the oaths, the opening ceremony will get going with the arrival of the olympic torch into the stadium.  It is passed through the athletes to the final Torchbearer, who will ceremoniously light the Cauldron, indicating the beginning of the Games. The Flame will continue to burn for the whole of the Games.

Creative Team - A host of world-class British directors and producers will lead an artistic team to stage the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Performers - This will be the main event of the opening ceremony. A total of 15,000 performers will take part in the opening ceremony, and also the closing ceremony, of the London Olympics 2012. It is exepected that around four billion people around the world will witness the opening ceremony proceedings world wide.

It will be one of the most memorable sports event of the current times - not to be missed wherever you may be.  We at Movin' Sports will provide you with the links for the Free Live Streaming of the opening ceremony as it happens Friday, 27 July.

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