Long queues, ticketing problems at opening ceremony


THOUSANDS of spectators faced long queues and ticketing problems as they arrived for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics along the River Seine.

Many gates opened an hour late and at least one opened two hours late because staff had not been delivered scanners enabling them to check tickets.

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