:00:27. > :00:31.Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC News at One from our Olympic studio.
:00:31. > :00:37.Thousands of sports fans have been pouring into Olympic venues for the
:00:37. > :00:41.first full day of the Games. It follows last night's spectacular
:00:41. > :00:46.opening ceremony watched by some 27 million people in the UK alone and
:00:46. > :00:54.many more around the world. From the Olympic Park, Clive Myrie
:00:54. > :00:59.reports. Now it's their time. No heads of
:00:59. > :01:04.state here, just ordinary people albeit accompanied by a marching
:01:04. > :01:07.band, entering the Olympic Park for the first time. Positive vibe on
:01:07. > :01:11.the Tube, everyone's talking to each other asking where are you
:01:11. > :01:14.going, what have you got tickets for. It's fantastic, I want to cry.
:01:14. > :01:18.We have been here for a month leading oup the Games, it's a once
:01:18. > :01:22.in a lifetime experience. estimated 250,000 people are
:01:22. > :01:26.expected to flood through the gates every single day of the Games. But
:01:26. > :01:29.it's sobering to remember that on television, this corner of East
:01:29. > :01:34.London will be the focus of many millions more people around the
:01:34. > :01:39.world. It's thought one billion people
:01:39. > :01:46.globally watched the opening party for the Games, 26.9 million of them
:01:46. > :01:51.here in the UK. It was a vision of Britannia that ruled the airwaves.
:01:51. > :01:57.It was a ceremony few directors envied taking on after the dazzle
:01:57. > :02:00.of Beijing but the conseason suss seems to be Danny Boyle waved some
:02:00. > :02:04.magic chronicling chapters of Britain's past.
:02:04. > :02:08.There was humour too. Good evening, Mr Bond.
:02:08. > :02:12.A spoof in which Daniel Craig playing James Bond met the Queen at
:02:12. > :02:16.Buckingham Palace and then later apparently parachuting with Her
:02:16. > :02:23.Majesty into the Olympic stadium. It was a moment of invention few
:02:23. > :02:27.will forget Elizabeth II, the most unlikely of Bond Girls. And to top
:02:27. > :02:31.off the evening, not one but seven talented young athletes given the
:02:31. > :02:35.honour of lighting the cauldron. The London Olympics have been given
:02:35. > :02:40.an almighty start, leaving the Mayor of the City rather pleased
:02:40. > :02:45.with himself. Just call me jingoistic,
:02:45. > :02:48.shaufnistic whatever, I think we've knocked the spots off Beijing or
:02:48. > :02:51.whatever. I'm entitled to that view because I'm the Mayor of the host
:02:51. > :02:55.City. It was brilliant. The Queen visited the Aquatics Centre centre
:02:55. > :02:59.at the Olympic Park, the scene she hopes of many a British triumph. At
:02:59. > :03:03.the same time, there were clearing away the set of last night's
:03:03. > :03:10.opening ceremony where Danny Boyle told Britain's story. Now it's the
:03:10. > :03:16.time for GB's athletes to write their own chapters of success.
:03:16. > :03:20.There are high hopes that Britain's first medal of the Games could come
:03:20. > :03:24.later today with mark Cavendish aiming for gold in the cycling road
:03:25. > :03:28.race which is under way right now and Dan Roan is near the finishing
:03:28. > :03:33.line for us. Thanks, Ben. In around three hours'
:03:33. > :03:37.time from now, we'll discover whether or not Mark Cavendish can
:03:37. > :03:40.deliver the gold the country so craves. I'm standing in front of
:03:40. > :03:46.Buckingham Palace, the finishing line is around 500 yards down the
:03:46. > :03:50.Mall to my right. Will this prove a stunning backdrop for Mark coven
:03:50. > :03:54.dish and a win? Will he do what he's done so many times before and
:03:54. > :03:57.launch a last-minute surge towards the line? We'll discover that
:03:57. > :04:02.around 4 o'clock this afternoon. Looking good for Team GB with the
:04:02. > :04:06.support of what he calls a Dream Team, including Bradley Wiggins,
:04:06. > :04:10.the Tour de France champion, huge support lining the route throughout
:04:10. > :04:15.West London and the Surrey hills. Cavendish is very much in form, but
:04:15. > :04:20.this is road race cycling, anything can happen. We have seen stray dogs
:04:20. > :04:24.across the road and crashes already. There's a break away group of 12
:04:24. > :04:30.riders who're around six minutes ahead of Mark Cavendish and the
:04:30. > :04:35.rest of the British riders. Cavendish missed out on a medal in
:04:35. > :04:40.Beijing? Can pe put it right today? We'll find out in around three
:04:40. > :04:44.hours' time -- can he put it right today? Swimmers and gymnasts have
:04:45. > :04:49.been in action this morning and the first gold of twoil has been won
:04:49. > :04:57.today by the Chinese in the shooting. Here is Andy Swiss with a
:04:57. > :05:05.round-up of the day's events so far. At 11.20 at Woolwich Barracks,
:05:05. > :05:09.London's first golden moment. China's Yii becoming the first
:05:09. > :05:15.champion in the air liefl, the opening triumph on a morning when
:05:15. > :05:19.so many athletes began their quest for glory -- air rifle. At the
:05:19. > :05:22.Aquatics Centre, one of the greatest Olympians of all,
:05:23. > :05:27.America's Michael Phelps, but he had a scare. Despite winning his
:05:27. > :05:30.heat, his slow time meant he only scraped into the final of the 400
:05:30. > :05:35.metres medley. There was no such worries for one
:05:35. > :05:41.of Britain's medal hopes in the pool, Hannah Miley safely through
:05:41. > :05:46.to tonight's women's final. Meanwhile, the rowing got under way
:05:46. > :05:50.at Eton dawny and in some style for Glover and Staning, the pair
:05:50. > :05:56.through to the final in Olympic record time, inspired by the home
:05:56. > :06:02.crowd. Nothing can prepare us from the world go to the beep at the
:06:02. > :06:05.finish, the support and the cheers, it was absolutely brilliant.
:06:05. > :06:10.At Lord's meanwhile, not such good news for Britain's Archers, the
:06:10. > :06:16.men's team fell at the first hurdle, soundly beaten by Ukraine. This was
:06:16. > :06:20.a day about the venues, as well as the athletes, as many of London's
:06:20. > :06:23.most famous locations opened their doors. The entennis was under way
:06:23. > :06:30.at Wimbledon, at Greenwich Park, the first equestrian action with
:06:30. > :06:33.the opening day of the dressage. At the north Greenwich Arena,
:06:33. > :06:37.Britain's men's gymnastics team began their quest for a place many
:06:37. > :06:43.the finals. All of them will be dreaming of this - a place on top
:06:44. > :06:50.of the medal podium and the glory of Olympic gold.
:06:50. > :06:53.In other news, the Army has begun an offensive against rebel fighters
:06:54. > :06:57.in Syria's second city Aleppo as they try to regain ground lost to
:06:57. > :07:03.opposition fighters a week ago. The rebels say they are being attacked
:07:03. > :07:06.by artillery and helicopter gunships, as a Syrian newspaper
:07:06. > :07:11.said the battle in Aleppo would crush what it called terrorists.
:07:11. > :07:14.The Chancellor has welcomed a decision here by the ratings agency
:07:14. > :07:18.Standard & Poors to maintain Britain's triple-A rating. George
:07:18. > :07:21.Osborne said the decision showed there was confidence that the UK