Olympians show excitement for Rio opening ceremony
Athletes' social media feeds heating up
By Aaron Stern, CBC Sports
With the opening ceremony for the Rio Olympics happening tonight (CBC's live television and digital coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET), athletes are buzzing with excitement and they're showing it on their social media feeds.
Opening ceremonies tonight! Tomorrow, game on! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rio2016?src=hash">#Rio2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoCanada?src=hash">#GoCanada</a>
—@mackdarraghNap time, gotta rest up for the opening ceremonies later! 😃🇨🇦🙌🏼
—@geniebouchardThe Canadian Olympic Sailing Team! ⛵️🇨🇦⛵️Watch for us at Opening Ceremonies tonight! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/teamcanada?src=hash">#teamcanada</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rio2016?src=hash">#rio2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sailing?src=hash">#sailing</a> <a href="https://t.co/u6PyMkAWt5">pic.twitter.com/u6PyMkAWt5</a>
—@NikGoing4Gold<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpeningCeremony?src=hash">#OpeningCeremony</a> tonight! It's here!!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoadToRio?src=hash">#RoadToRio</a>
—@jake_daltonToday's training session is done. Next up, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpeningCeremony?src=hash">#OpeningCeremony</a> 😆 <a href="https://t.co/Jvi8jXPpcG">pic.twitter.com/Jvi8jXPpcG</a>
—@YonaKWIt has become the norm for athletes to have their phones out during their opening ceremony march, and basketball star Kia Nurse teased some of the action we'll get to see tonight.
Overly excited bout the personal photoshoot Imma have later in the Opening Ceremony Outfits <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iloveselfies?src=hash">#Iloveselfies</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sorrynotsorry?src=hash">#sorrynotsorry</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rio2016?src=hash">#Rio2016</a> 😈🇨🇦👊🏽🙋🏽💁🏽
—@KayNurse11Beyond the opening ceremony there will be plenty of social stories from the athletes to follow throughout these Olympics, and it looks like we already have one of our first dilemmas to solve — what should Team Canada name this moose?
It's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpeningCeremony?src=hash">#OpeningCeremony</a> day in Rio! And the moose is getting his name! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rio2016?src=hash">#Rio2016</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/olympics?src=hash">#olympics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/namethemoose?src=hash">#namethemoose</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamCanada">@TeamCanada</a> <a href="https://t.co/XJJuSgzxcP">pic.twitter.com/XJJuSgzxcP</a>
—@dannie_boydIf you have any suggestions tweet @CBCOlympics, and we hope you're getting as excited as the athletes for tonight's ceremony!