GE - 17/10/2011 J Pág. 1985 - 1 - -- PG NT Ori RETRANCA REP LOC tCAB tVT tMAT TJ ~ D D V\P-SNTV-1100:PanA~ D CJ [?}[] L__~ L J C-j AP-SNTV-1100: PAN AMERICA 1 SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2011 STORY:PAN AMERICA MEXICO 1- OPENING CEREMONY AT THE IN MEXICO LENGTH: 01 :52 RESTRICTIONS: SNTV CLlENTS ONL Y, SEE SCRIPT TYPE: NAT SOUND SOURCE: VNR STORY NUMBER: 969334 DATELlNE: , MEXICO. 14 OCTOBER 2011 LENGTH: 01 :52 SOURCE: VNR R~STRICIIONS: SNTV CLlENTS ONL Y. SCHEDULED NEWS PROGRAMMES ONLY. USE WITHIN 14 DAYS. IF INTERESTED IN ARCHIVE USE AFTER 14 DAYS PLEASE CONTACT WWW.APARCHIVE.COM. INTERNET USE ONL Y FOR SNTV CLlENTS WITH DIGITAL RIGHTS L1CENSED IN THEIR CONTRACT. IF YOU WISH TO OBTAIN A L1CENSE THEN PLEASE CONTACT ELlZABETH EASTHAM ([email protected]). DURATION: 1:52 SUGGESTED LEAD-IN: THE SOUND OF MEXICO'S FAMOUS MARIACHIS FILLED THE AIR ON FRIDAY (14 OCTOBER) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN GUADALAJARA, SIGNALLlNG THE START OF THE TWO AND HALF WEEK COMPETITION - MEXICO'S BIGGEST UNDERTAKING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STAGE SINCE THE 1986 WORLD CUP. THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES ARE A QUADRENNIAL EVENT HELD THE YEAR BEFORE THE OLYMPICS. THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HAS ENTERED MORE THAN 600 ATHLETES, HAS TRADITIONALLY DOMINATED THE GAMES. MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND ATHLETES WILL COMPETE WITH MANY OF THE EVENTS OFFERING AUTOMATIC QUALlFICATION TO NEXT YEAR'S OLYMPICS. SUGGESTED VOICEOVER: THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS IN DOUBT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTER HEAVY RAIN FROM HURRICANE JOVA BATTERED GUADALAJARA. BUT THE SUN BROKE THROUGH EARL Y IN THE DAY - SURELY A GIANT RELlEF FOR ORGANISERS. TRADITION SET THE BACKDROP FOR MUCH OF THE CEREMONY, WHICH OPENED WITH WOMEN WEARING COLOURFUL DRESSES DANCING TO THE SOUND OF BRASS AND STRINGS WITH MEXICAN VAQUEROS - OR COWBOYS- RIDING THEIR MOUNTS AT A QUICK GALLOP AROUND THE CENTRE OF THE GE - 17/10/2011 I Pág. 1985 - 2 OMNILlFE STAOIUM, THE HOME OF lOCAL SOCCER CLUB CHIVAS. THE PARAOE OF THE 42 NATIONS BEGAN WITH ARGENTINA AND ENDED WITH URUGUAY, VENEZUELA ANO HOST NATION MEXICO, WHICH RECEIVEO A GIANT OVATION. THE MEXICAN DELEGATION ENTEREO WEARING GIANT WHITE SOMBREROS ANO WHITE TOPS WITH BLACK TROUSERS FOR THE MEN AND BLACK SKIRTS FOR THE WOMEN. THE ARRAY OF CELEBRITIES IN ATTENOANCE RANGEO FROM MEXICAN PRESIOENT FELlPE CALOERON ANO INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT JACOUES ROGGE TO SOCCER STAR RAFAEL MAROUEZ AND MEXICAN BOXER JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ. THE CAULORON WAS LlT BY PAOLA ESPINOSA, WHO WON A BRONZE MEOAL THREE YEARS AGO AT THE OLYMPICS. THE UNITED STATES lEAOS THE OVERALl MEOAL COUNT IN THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES WITH 1,769 GOlO MEOAlS AND 3,938 OVERALL. CUBA IS NEXT WITH 781 GOLO AND 1,796 OVERALL. SHOTLlST: OMNILlFE STADIUM, GUADALAJARA, MEXICO. 14 OCTOBER 2011. 1.00:00 VARIOUS OF OPENING CEREMONIES 2.00:30 ARGENTINEAN OELEGATION 3. 00:40 USA DELEGATION 4.00:47 VENEZUElAN DELEGATION 5. 00:56 MEXICAN OELEGATION 6.01 :11 WIOE OF MEXICAN OELEGATION PROCESSING 7. 01 :23 PAOLA ESPINOSA LlGHTS CAULORON SOURCE: VNR SNTV APEX-10-15-110915EOT