&A few hours before the opening ceremony, ;Opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, bad news is piling up for the organizing committee.
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According to Tony Estanguet, the person who will occupy this role does not know it yet either! This morning, on France Inter, the president of Paris 2024 indicated: “I planned to notify the last torchbearer today to try to maintain confidentiality and a bit of surprise”. Before adding, “so he or she doesn't know”
The largest delegation will be that of the United States 592 athletes during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The smallest, with only one member, will be Belize, Liechtenstein, Nauru (an island in Oceania located in Micronesia) and Somalia.
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Between competition and pleasure, you sometimes have to choose. If Florent Manaudou will be present, he will be the only one from the French swimming delegation to be there. Mélanie Hénique wanted to participate but the officials did not want to make a special case as indicated by Le Parisien. Basketball will also be absent. We play the next day (Saturday) at 5 p.m., recalls general manager Boris Diaw. If we were in Paris, if we had played two days later, it would have been possible, but not here.” Rugby 7s, the handball teams will also not be present.
This is THE question of the opening ceremony. Who will be the last bearer of the Olympic flame and light the cauldron ? Several names are circulating, one insistently, that of Marie José Perec. The triple Olympic champion is a legend of Olympism and would fully deserve this honor. The name of Zinedine Zidane also comes up insistently, as does a surprise name, that of Jean Dujardin, due to the presence of a certain Zorro to light this flame (the actor will play in the series).
While the rain may pose some problems for the dancers at the opening ceremony, some associations have alerted public services about the presence of asbestos on the rooftops of Paris, demanding that artists have the right to withdraw. After the controversies over working conditions and salaries, this new point is tricky for the organizers to manage.
Several stars are expected with their national flag. For the United States, the legend LeBron James and the tennis player Coco Gauff will carry the American flag. First, it is the Greek and other NBA star, Giannis Antetokoumpo who will inaugurate the parade of athletes. The Italian Olympic champion and eccentric Gianmarco Tamberi will also be honored.
With this rain and this spectacle, we may almost forget the athletes. Tonight, at the end of the athletes' parade, Florent Manaudou and Melina Robert Michon will proudly carry the French flag on the Seine. The two athletes, elected a few days ago, are expecting to experience a unique moment.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000“For years, we have been saying no, on July 26th it can only be sunny. “We will make do,” she said, acknowledging however that the rain “can disrupt the ceremony a little in the sense that there are some scenes planned for slightly drier weather. There will be extraordinary lights, çit won't spoil the ceremony", she nevertheless assured.
SNCF was the victim of “several simultaneous malicious acts affecting the TGV Atlantique, Nord and Est lines” during the night from Thursday to Friday. “Deliberate fires were set to damage our facilities,” the railway company explained in a press release, which assured that teams “are already on site to carry out diagnostics and begin repairs.” But the SNCF also warns that the disruptions, numerous on the morning of Friday July 26, should “last at least the entire weekend”, the time to carry out the necessary repairs. “We will “assess the impacts today for travelers and athletes, but also the impacts for this weekend which concern the smooth transport of all delegations to the competition sites.” “Playing against the Games is playing against France, against your camp, against your country” explained the Minister of Sports.
“It is a hazard to which our responsibility is to know how to adapt,” said Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa Castera on BFM TV.”” Obviously, the team around Thomas Jolly [the man chosen two years ago to organize the ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games] has designed different scenarios. Çthis will in no way spoil the party. It’s a formal ceremony. open sky.''
Celine Dion's presence at the Olympics opening ceremony is not in doubt. Arriving in Paris on Tuesday morning, the mega star, who has not sung since 2020, will perform a song by Edith Piaf, probably The Hymn to Love. Aya Nakamura will tackle the repertoire of Charles Aznavour, accompanied by the Republican Guard. Lady Gaga will also be there.
On RTL, Tony Estanguet gave his opinion a few hours before the big day. “We already wanted a completely new format on the site so that people would say to themselves, 'Wow, that, we've never seen that before.' We really wanted to combine sport and culture,” added Mr. Estanguet, specifying that 2,000 artists will perform tonight. Usually, on the ceremonies, there is a first part rather very artistic, a second part rather around the athletes. But there, we really wanted that, from the beginning, the athletes are present and that the artistic part is integrated into the presentation of the athletes who will follow one another throughout the evening.”
"I read somewhere that it was not recommended for pregnant women and people with severe obesity. mobility reduced. I understand that there are organizational constraints but it’s shocking to read çthat. I thought à my disabled father who would have dreamed of to attend but for whom nothing has happened. thought, à apart perhaps from an overpriced seat" says a young woman in Le Figaro who has decided to not to go à the ceremony despite the invitations.
The sun was announced A few days ago, the gray and rainy weather will finally be there for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. precipitation in the morning, nothing important explains a weather specialist in the Olympic Morning on RMC. "On the other hand, after a small lull this afternoon, the rains are expected to start again unfortunately at the end of the afternoon and in the eveningé ;e. It is scheduled between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. And the accumulation of rain between 6-7 p.m. and midnight promises to be quite significant. We are planning until now. 25-30 mm of rain. To give you a comparison, it's the equivalent of 15 days of precipitation in a few hours. It's not lighting the fire, it's really putting it out
Heart The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games takes place this evening with the show kicking off on the Seine & from 7:30 p.m.
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