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A group of flagbearers including Muhammad Ali bring the Olympic Flag into the stadium An extraordinary party of flagbearers brought the Olympic Flag into the stadium moments after the Queen declared the London Games open. Muhammad Ali and Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence, were among the nine who took part in the ceremony. Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, Ethiopian athletics veteran Haile Gebrselassie and Shami Chakrabati, director of Liberty, were also flagbearers, along with Sally Becker, known as the Angel of Mostar who risked her life to deliver aid and evacuate children in the Balkan War, Marina Silva, who has fought against the destruction of the rainforest, Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, who has worked to try and end Liberia’s civil war, and musician Daniel Barenboim.

A group of flagbearers including Muhammad Ali bring the Olympic Flag into the stadium


An extraordinary party of flagbearers brought the Olympic Flag into the stadium moments after the Queen declared the London Games open.

Muhammad Ali and Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence, were among the nine who took part in the ceremony.

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, Ethiopian athletics veteran Haile Gebrselassie and Shami Chakrabati, director of Liberty, were also flagbearers, along with Sally Becker, known as the Angel of Mostar who risked her life to deliver aid and evacuate children in the Balkan War, Marina Silva, who has fought against the destruction of the rainforest, Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, who has worked to try and end Liberia’s civil war, and musician Daniel Barenboim.






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