New Delhi: The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics will see a one-of-a-kind opening ceremony. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the opening ceremony will not be held in a stadium. Instead, the grand ceremony will happen on a river. July 25 will mark the beginning of the Paris Olympics and what better way to kick off the sporting celebrations than turning a river into a stadium and transforming the whole city into a gigantic stadium?
The opening ceremony will witness an army of boats carrying over 200 delegations of athletes in the river Seine with thousands of spectators lining up to watch their favourite athletes from either side of the waterway. In other words, the entire city will turn into a vast Olympic stadium.
Paris Olympics 2024 ceremony full details:
The procession
The athletes will start their journey on boats from the Pont d’Austerlitz bridge with the flotilla covering a six-kilometre stretch over the Seine river, crossing 18 bridges and several landmarks across Paris. The fleet will then make its way to Pont d’Lena, near the Eiffel Tower. According to reports in French media, approximately 80-100 boats are expected to carry a contingent of athletes representing 206 different National Olympic Committees.
The opening address and ceremony finale
A temporary stadium named Champions Park with a crowd capacity of 13,000 has been erected near the Eiffel Tower. The venue will host the opening declaration from French President Emmanuel Macron and the conclusion of the ceremony.
Performances
According to reports, over 3,000 artists are expected to feature in the opening and closing ceremonies. The whole city will act as a stadium with dancers flooding the Paris bridges to celebrate the grand sporting festival. Thomas Jolly, a renowned theatre actor and director, has been appointed as the orchestrator of the event.
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