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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 Olympics opening ceremony. 22:26, Harry Latham-Coyle. And it gets better - standing on the middle tier of the Eiffel Tower is Celine Dion, performing for the first time in two years after ...
The organizers of Friday’s opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games hope to provide relief, positivity and unity in a world increasingly beset with tension.
Floriane Issert, a Gendarmerie non-commissioned officer of the National Gendarmerie, carrying the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
The opening ceremony, which was expected to be the largest in Olympic history both in geographical coverage and in number of viewers, began with a plume of blue, white, and red smoke before each ...
While the Olympic Mass has inaugurated the Olympic truce since 1896 to include the religious dimension of the Olympic Games, the Olympic opening ceremony represents the official commencement of an Olympic Games and the end of the current Olympic cycle. Due to the tight schedule of the games, it is normal for some sports events to start two or ...
The opening ceremony of the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 23 July 2021 at Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, [3] and was formally opened by Emperor Naruhito. [4] As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal and ceremonial opening of this international sporting event, including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, with an artistic ...
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 ...