Inaugural Youth Olympic Games get underway at opening ceremony

The Singapore flag being prepped for the flag raising ceremony. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Singapore’s athletes arrive. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Flag bearer Jabez Su enters with the nation’s flag during the parade of national flags. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Chairman of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee Mr Ng Ser Miang gives his speech, while President of the International Olympic Committee Mr Jacques Rogge looks on. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

President S R Nathan officially announces the start of the Youth Olympic Games. (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

The Olympic flag being received by Singapore’s youth athletes. The flag was carried in by eight Singaporean Olympians, among them Tan Howe Liang and Tao Li. (Photo 8 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Youth athletes Zachary Devaraj and Isabelle Li were one of the eight athletes who took over the Olympic flag from the eight Olympians who carried it in. (Photo 9 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Singapore’s Caroline Chew takes the athletes oath. (Photo 10 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

The flame arrives on a specially-designed boat with ‘The Phoenix’ perched on top. The flame was then passed on for a torch relay to the cauldron. (Photo 11 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Shooter Jasmine Ser passes the torch to sailor Darren Choy, who proceeds to light the cauldron. (Photo 12 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Darren Choy crosses the reflecting pool towards the cauldron. (Photo 13 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)