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2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony: Paris Games Officially Open; PV Sindhu, Sharath Kamal Lead Indian Contingent
Summer Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights: The Paris Olympics 2024 got off to a glittering ceremony on Friday
Olympics Opening Ceremony Highlights: Sharath Kamal and PV Sindhu lead the Indian contingent.© AFP
Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights: The Paris Olympics 2024 got off to a glittering ceremony on Friday. An unprecedented and ambitious show with close to 7,000 athletes paraded down the River Seine past the historic monuments of the French capital. The ceremony saw heavy rain too but it failed to dampen the spirit of the thousands present. The Indian contingent was led by PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal. For the first time in Olympic history, the opening ceremony took place outside the main stadium, with some 300,000 people watching in person from specially built stands on the river banks, and another 200,000 from overlooking balconies and apartments. (Paris Olympics 2024)
Here are the Highlights of Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony -
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- 03:02 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live: The Olympic flams has been lit!The Olympics flame has been lit. France's most-decorated track athlete Marie-Jose Perec and three-time Olympic gold medal-winning judoka Teddy Riner jointly lit the Paris Olympics cauldron on Friday.Perec and Riner strode up to the cauldron which formed the base of a hot air balloon in the Tuileries Gardens after it had been transported from the ceremony at the Eiffel Tower by boat and by a succession of French sports figures.
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- 00:36 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live: The Indian contingent!
With the tricolor held high, Team India strides into the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony.
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#Olympics2024 #OpeningCeremony #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/FloCb5CDmH - 00:04 (IST)Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Another scintillating show!Pop star Aya Nakamura is performing now! Apparently the French-Malian singer was abused racially after it was announced that she would perform at the opening ceremony. The Parade of the Nations continues with Cuba, Dominican Repubic among the countries who are passing by.
- 23:40 (IST)Opening Ceremony Live Updates: World leaders presentNot only athletes, World leaders began arriving at President Emmanuel Macron's Elysee Palace office Friday afternoon, an AFP journalist saw, ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in the evening. Macron and his wife Brigitte welcomed the guests on a red carpet in the courtyard of the Elysee, where they are holding a reception for around 85 heads of state or government before the ceremony on the River Seine.
- 23:29 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live: Food not adequate!An interesting development - away from the opening ceremony - Despite stories of Michelin-starred chefs helping prepare the menus in Paris, Andy Anson, the British Olympic Association's chief executive, has complained that the food in the Olympic Village "is not adequate," with complaints over small portions and a lack of high-protein foods. "There are not enough of certain foods: eggs, chicken, certain carbohydrates," Anson told 'The Times' newspaper.
- 23:27 (IST)Paris Olympics Live: First visuals of Indian contingent.The evening's first performance by American singer Lady Gaga has started, And as we speak, Bangladesh athletes are here. And there is a visual of Indian athletes too. PV Sindhu can be seen smiling while boxer Lovlina Borgohain is there too.
- 23:21 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live: Athletes' paradeThe six kilometer parade began from Austerlitz bridge and 85 boats carried more than 6800 athletes from 205 nations and one Refugee Olympic team, with a good number of them skipping the incredible show due to their competitions on Saturday.The Indian contingent is being led by two flag-bearers -- two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and table tennis legend A Sharath Kamal.
- 23:18 (IST)Paris Olympics Live: Ceremony DetailsThe opening ceremony of the Olympic Games began with the 'Parade of the Nations' in which athletes from 205 countries sailed down the iconic Seine river on boats, marking a dreamy break from tradition despite rain threatening to play spoilsport.French President Emmanuel Macron and International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach were in attendance as French football legend Zinedine Zidane was shown sprinting down the streets of Paris with the Olympic flame in a pre-recorded video.
- 23:09 (IST)Paris Olympics Live: Ceremony startsThe opening ceremony has started! Rain is playing hide and seek here in the French capital as the Opening Ceremony is just a few minutes away, dampening the mood of the crowd present. The French Met Department has predicted the risk of rain showers during the ceremony on Friday evening owing to disturbances approaching the Paris region.
- 23:02 (IST)Olympics 2024 Live: Guests arrive!According to reports, guests have started to arrive at the venue. As we speak Shiva Keshavan, deputy chef de mission, says Indian athletes are fully geared up for the opening ceremony. The experts present at the venue are saying they are ready for the opening ceremony.
- 22:04 (IST)Paris Olympics Live: Hello!The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 will be starting in a few hours! This is the biggest show on earth and India will be looking forward to its athletes at the quadrennial extravaganza. Follow this blog for the live updates of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony
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