* All the latest from the Pyeongchang * Full schedule: guide to the Games * Women’s long race to parity * Email Bryan or ping him a tweet 11.28am GMT THE PARADE OF ATHLETES HAS STARTED, ACCORDING TO CUSTOM, BY THE GREEK TEAM. The delegations of Ghana, Eritrea and Nigeria are among the first to enter and they all look delighted. If the order seems unfamiliar, that’s because they’re entering in alphabetical order based on their names in the Korean language. 11.23am GMT A THIRD ARTISTIC SEGMENT ENTITLED TAEGUK: HARMONY OF THE COSMOS sees our quintet of protagonists cross a vast buckwheat field on a raft followed by the River of Time, representing the turmoil of Korean history. After hundreds of dancers leave the circular stage, eight former South Korean Olympians emerge with the Taegukgi flag. Now the Rainbow Children’s Choir appear on the edge of the stage to sing the national anthem of South Korea, Aegukga, as the flag is raised. Continue reading...
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