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Volume 15, Number 6 Saturday, April 14, 2018
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Gold Coast dazzles on the world stage as Commonwealth Games officially open
GOLDEN girl Sally Pearson played a starring role as the Gold Coast finally welcomed the world to its biggest ever party with a dazzling Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. The Olympic and world champion hurdler, who was overlooked for the flag-bearer role in favour of hockey veteran Mark Knowles, had the honour of handing the Queen’s Baton to Prince Charles as the Coast’s big moment finally arrived. The Glitter Strip dazzled on the world stage as stars, real and imagined, lit up Carrara Stadium for
Games opening ceremony. A ‘starfield’ of 7000 LED lights created a perfect night sky inside the stadium as stars including Pearson and pop princesses Delta Goodrem and Ricki-Lee Coulter and shone on an overcast and breezy evening. More than a decade after the State Government launched its bid for the Games, Queensland’s biggest-ever event finally began in front of a 35,000-strong crowd, including Prince Charles
and wife Camilla, and an estimated 1.5 billion television viewers worldwide. The 140-minute spectacular on a central sandy stage featured more than 2500 performers, 4500 athletes and almost 50 tonnes of special effects equipment. Aboriginal themes dominated the ceremony on a day when indigenous protesters blocked the Queen’s baton on the Southport Spit on its final
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