(1 Sep 1960) Olympia, in Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held, provided the flame for the Seventeenth modern Olympiad. The flame had been kindled by the rays of the sun, and now it was to start its long journey to Rome: a journey by land and sea to the 1960 Olympic stadium. President Gronchi of Italy made a formal declaration to open the Games, in which 86 nations were competing. Then, the Olympic flag was paraded, before being raised in the presence of at-least a hundred thousand witnesses. As guns fired a salute, thousands of doves rose in a fluttering cloud over the stadium. The Olympic Flame was brought in by 19-year-old Italian athlete who lit the golden bowl. The Games were open, and it wasn't long before British competitors were in the news. ® Diving from the 3-metres springboard, Liz Ferris, the young medical student from Middlesex, was in her very best form. She came third, to win a bronze medal. ® The 200 metres breast-stroke for women was an even greater British triumph. Anita Lonsbrough of Huddersfield won the first gold medal for Britain, and she'd also set a new world record of two minutes, forty-nine point five-nine seconds.
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