  In 1996, after another set of upgrades, LEP began running for the first time
at center-of-mass energies above the W-pair production threshold. This new
energy regime is rich in physics and offers new tests of the Standard Model,
increased sensitivity for search physics, and precision W physics. We summarize
the recent results from OPAL using 9.9 pb^-1 of data collected at \sqrt s =
161.3 GeV from June to August 1996.
