Olympic flag raised inside the Beijing stadium, CNN reports

Six athletes take their time in walking the flag across the floor to the flagpoles at one end. They walk between the motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together" which is beamed all over the stadium floor.

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A group of 40 children sing the Olympic anthem as the flag is raised slowly in front of the crowd.

The Beijing Games will feature 91 countries in 109 sporting events, seven sports and 15 disciplines.

Serbia is presented by two skiers  Marko Vukicevic and  Nevena Ignjatovic. Vukicevic carried the country's flag.

The Games will run from Feb. 4 to Feb. 20 as Beijing becomes the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

This is the second Olympics to be hosted during the pandemic — but this time athletes are confined to a "closed-loop" far stricter than Tokyo 2020's bubble.