Gwangju 2015 opened by South Korean President at spectacular Ceremony

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye has officially opened this year's Summer Universiade during a ceremony in Gwangju devoted to youth tonight, 3 July 2015。
The three-hour show was titled "U Are Shining: Youth is the Light of the Future" and directed by Park Myung-sung, who has previously worked on "Aida" and "Mamma Mia!" among other hit musicals
The Opening Ceremony highlighted the city of Gwangju's idealistic image - a city filled with light as its name says in Korean - into a musical featuring a mix of modern electronic dance music and Korea's traditional sounds.
With a huge "U"-shaped centerpiece displaying images symbolising Korea's traditions, seats equipped with glow sticks made the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium a real spectacle.
There was a strong local theme to the Opening Ceremony of Gwangju 2015 ©Gwangju 2015
The show started with K-pop group "Brown Eyed Girls" performing two of their hit numbers before the Korean Air Force's "Black Eagles" team flew over the Stadium to open the show.
Approximately 13,000 university athletes from 146 countries will be competing in the Games, where a total of 272 gold medals in 21 sports will be awarded over 12 days.
"We feel at home in Gwangju," International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Claude-Louis Gallien said during the Opening Ceremony.
After urging the athletes to be ambitious and dream big, he said "Saranghaeyo", Korean for "I love you".
But the Opening Ceremony was missing North Korea, who had planned to compete in eight sports but announced last month they were boycotting the Games in protest at United Nations setting up an office in Seoul to monitor the human rights record.
The deadly disease Middle East Respiratory Syndrome MERS, which has killed 33 people in South Korea since its outbreak in May, has also overshadowed the build-up to the opening of the Games.
(Read the full story on Insidethegames)