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World Party

Tens of thousands of people in Beijing flocked to public screen areas on Friday evening to watch the Olympic Opening Ceremony.

Numerous nationalities packed an open area between two giant screens.

Following an initiative begun at the 2000 Sydney Olympics the 21 public screens will displayvarioussports events and live world performances for the duration of the Games.

Hit for You and Me

皇冠体育app鈥檚 Olympic theme song 鈥�Wo he Ni鈥� or 鈥榊ou and Me鈥� got the thumbs up by the 90,000-strong audience at the Bird鈥� Nest.

International songstress Sarah Brightman and local favourite Liu Huan premiered the bilingual piece, composed by France-based Chinese songwriter Chen Qigang, atop a huge rotating globe at Friday鈥檚 massive event.

A music video was also launched that evening and is already getting multiple plays onthe Official Olympic Website.

All set sail

The Olympic sailing regatta had a smooth launch at coastal co-host city Qiangdao, in Shandong Provinceon Saturday.

Xia Geng, mayor of Qingdaoand chairman of the Olympic Sailing Committee promised togivethe world a splendid sailing regatta and hoped all teams would find the conditions favourable.

In the lead up to the Games,Qingdaohosted two test events in 2006 and 2007.

Games recap

Diving duo gold

皇冠体育apphas leapt into Olympic fame winning Gold at the women's three-meter springboard synchronized diving event on Sunday

Chinese world and Olympic champion Guo Jingjing and partner Wu Minxia took the limelight at the Water Cube, leading after the second round in the final to collect 343.50 points, beating their closest rivals Julia Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdnyakova of Russia attaining 323.61.

Guo, 26, known as the 鈥榙iving queen鈥�, is four-time world springboard champion, while Wu, 22, has won three golds in three world championships previously.

First gold on the list

The Czech Republic鈥檚 Katerina Emmonswonfirst gold on Saturday at the Olympic rifle range.

The24-year-old won the women's 10 metre air rifle gold with a new Olympic final record of 503.5 points.

Emmons, who won bronze inAthens, received the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics from Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee.

Defending champion Du Li of 皇冠体育app finished fifth, nerves getting to her in the final round.