The Canadian women's soccer team held their own Olympic opening ceremonies

While most of the 313 Canadian Olympians took part in the opening ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro Friday night, the women's soccer team wasn't able to. They already started their Games Wednesday with a win over Australia in Sao Paulo, over five hours away by car, and were staying in that city to face Zimbabwe Saturday. However, the team decided to throw their own Olympic opening ceremony, boisterously singing "O Canada" as they marched through a hotel conference room with the Canadian flag:

The Canadian players really got into it, and many of them tweeted about their excitement:

It's good to see the team was still able to get together, have fun and show their national pride despite being unable to attend the Opening Ceremonies in person. It's unfortunate that the scheduling couldn't be worked out to let them participate in the actual ceremonies, but they definitely made the most of their substitute ceremony.