Join Martin Belam as the athletes, heads of government and sovereigns attend the opening ceremony parade on the Seine at the heart of Paris
View image in fullscreenJuly 26, 2024The cathedral bells have been ringing out. This approach to the ceremony is really showing off Paris landmarks. The next segment is called, and refers back to the French Revolution. Rock music! Cannons belching fire! Beheaded women in the castle windows! This is how to do history!, damaged in a fire in 2019.
It is too early to call this ceremony reinvention as a success or failure. Traditionally the Olympic opening ceremony was amazing spectacular music and theatre for 45 minute to an hour, then there was a bit of a lull while the parade took a long, long time, followed by some speeches and the flame-lighting.
The run up to the Paris Games was dominated by political upheaval in the host nation, where a surging far-right was deflected at the last moment in snap parliamentary elections. Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis wrote about hopes across France that the greatest sporting show on Earth. With luck it can bring some unity to a fractured planet, too. As sports writer Andy Bull put it: this is a Games that has beenin the last few days before the Games kicked off.
Bonjour! Salut! Bienvenue! Hello! Γειά σου! Welcome to our live coverage of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games 2024!
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