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The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 2024 across Paris, beginning at 19:30 CEST (17:30 UTC).As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings included an artistic program showcasing the culture of the host country and city, the parade of athletes and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
PARIS — Following a global pandemic and in the shadow of at least three ongoing wars, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games kicked off Friday with a spectacular open-air opening ceremony that aimed to ...
The ceremony, which marked the official kickoff to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, was an immersive cultural tour, highlighting the expansive French contribution to the arts, from Monet to "Les ...
Read more:2024 Paris Olympics: How to watch every event and the opening ceremony The ambitious ceremony, devised by theater director Thomas Jolly , had a reported budget of $150 million.
The opening ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Paris (1:30 p.m. EDT in the States) on July 26, and the Games will run through August 11. (Three sports did start two days early, on July 24 ...
An aerial view of Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. Credit - Lionel Bonaventure—Reuters
The Belizean delegation (third from right) during the opening ceremony. The Games were held from 26 July to 11 August 2024, in the city of Paris, France. [1] This edition of the Games marked the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and after boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The Games were held from 26 July to 11 August 2024, in the city of Paris, France. [1] This edition of the Games marked the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and after boycotting the 1956 Summer Olympics due to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.