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The Games begin with a bang, with this spectacular opening ceremony. | :00:09. | :00:19. | |
And 15-year-old Kieran takes a tour of Commonwealth venues. | :00:20. | :00:27. | |
Last night, Celtic Park hosted a spectacular opening ceremony for the | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
There was singing and dancing, a collection | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
of traditional Scottish costumes, a flyover by the Red Arrows. | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
And we finally got to hear the special message that was tucked | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
Together you all play a part in strengthening our friendships in | :00:46. | :01:01. | |
this modern and vibrant Association of nations. | :01:02. | :01:03. | |
It now gives me the greatest pleasure to declare the 20th | :01:04. | :01:05. | |
Commonwealth Games opened. There's going to be the biggest-ever | :01:06. | :01:21. | |
number of parasports medals And, for the first time, | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
cycling will be included. A couple of weeks ago, | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
we got a sneak preview of the velodrome, and brought | :01:30. | :01:31. | |
along 15-year-old Kieran, who uses Last week on Newsround, | :01:32. | :01:34. | |
Martin looked into the struggles Kieran faces | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
getting around in rural Scotland. So, we wanted to find out how he | :01:38. | :01:39. | |
felt being in the centre And, not only that, but we also gave | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
Kieran the surprise of his life. Here we are, right in the middle | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
of Glasgow, how does it feel? It is Glasgow, | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
you can already feel something Obviously, | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
it is bigger than I am used to. That is enough sightseeing, shall | :01:59. | :02:09. | |
we check out one of the venues? Although there are no people in it, | :02:10. | :02:11. | |
you can already feel the energy Until David Weir, | :02:12. | :02:21. | |
I had no idea there was an Olympics, I'll just remember how I'm feeling | :02:22. | :02:46. | |
now. I am floating just now, | :02:47. | :02:56. | |
to be honest. What he doesn't know is his day | :02:57. | :03:04. | |
is about to get even better. Kieran thinks we have brought | :03:05. | :03:12. | |
into this hotel to do an interview, but actually his hero David Weir is | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
about to surprise him. I thought I would come and say hello | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
since I was up in Glasgow. Because you want to be a journalist, | :03:18. | :03:47. | |
I thought maybe you could ask David As well as | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
the opening ceremony there was also We met some of the kids who were | :03:55. | :04:07. | |
performing a charity song for And Jamie-Leigh, Kipp and Cayce | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
are here with me this morning. It was absolutely amazing, everyone | :04:13. | :04:27. | |
joining in and singing our song. Fantastic. Were you belting it out | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
yesterday? I was trying my hardest. I think the crowd really liked the | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
song. I hope they download it. | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
What other big names were there yesterday? | :04:43. | :04:52. | |
Shout, I was singing backing vocals for them. | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
That's all from me, Newsround?s back here in half an hour, with more on | :04:58. | :05:01. |