Paris launched its Games in pouring rain on Friday, but with a modern and sparkling opening ceremony: a parade of delegations on the Seine, notable performances by Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura and Céline Dion and a cauldron lit by the last torchbearers Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner. A mix of live performance along the Seine […]
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NARRATIVE – The inaugural parade of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games had to deal with gloomy weather. But it set the tone with audacity and creativity. 6:25 p.m., in the corridors of the Palais d’Iéna, Thomas Jolly quickens his pace for a cigarette break. Backstage at the opening ceremony, wearing dark glasses and a closed
In total, 6,800 athletes and 2,000 artists paraded on the Seine aboard 85 boats for a grandiose spectacle amidst the capital’s most beautiful monuments. A grandiose spectacle, in an unprecedented setting. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the opening ceremony took place on Friday, July 26, not in a stadium,
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi July 26, 2024 Let the games begin ! The Paris 2024 Olympic Games officially opened with a historic and unusual opening ceremony on a 6km course along the Seine in the heart of Paris. Ceremonial smoke in the colors of the French flag appears over the Seine River in Paris, France,
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Twelfth painting: Eternity Zinedine Zidane passes the flame to the Spaniard Rafael Nadal who climbs aboard a boat with Carl Lewis, Serena Williams and Nadia Comaneci on board. Amélie Mauresmo is waiting for them to pass the torch to great French sportsmen… then it’s the long-awaited moment: Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec are the last
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11:03 p.m. The flame goes up the Seine Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci exchange the flame on a boat going up the Parisian river. The sports stars are in the spotlight! 10:58 p.m. Nadal carries the flame The 14-time Grand Slam tennis player in Paris has just taken the flame from
10:20 p.m. Flags at the Eiffel Tower The different flags parade between the Trocadéro and the Eiffel Tower. We are lost for words. How can we not love it? 10:12 p.m. Juliette Armanet for the purists Accompanied by Sofiane Pamart, the singer Juliette Armanet sang John Lennon’s anthem for peace “Imagine”. Magnificent! We’re lost for
Published 07/26/2024 06:02 Update 07/26/2024 11:59 PM The Stade de France imagined in 2052, renovated to adapt to the consequences of global warming. (HELOISE KROB / PAULINE LE NOURS / FRANCEINFO) During the fortnight, franceinfo imagines the Paris Games in 28 years. Here is the first day of a series of six episodes. What there
Here we are! The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will officially kick off this Friday evening, the start of a celebration that will last two weeks in the capital, and which will crown the best athletes on the planet. 8:11 p.m. Monuments of sport Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in the history of the Games,
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