Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Instead of a traditional march in a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River. A total of 78 athletes and officials from 12 disciplines shall represent India.
Olympic Games Paris 2024, Opening Ceremony Live: According to the latest weather forecasts from Paris, there is a chance of rain on Friday night and it might play spoilsport during the pathbreaking Opening ceremony on the Seine River. Meteo-France, the French weather service, is forecasting overcast skies from midday onward, with light rain anticipated in the morning. The weather should improve in the afternoon, but the weather service warned Thursday that showers could hit the Paris region in the evening, when the ceremony takes place.
Mihir Vasavda is in France covering the Paris Olympics for The Indian Express.
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Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). Though 10,700 athletes are expected to compete at these Olympics, hundreds of soccer players are based outside Paris, surfers are in Tahiti and many have yet to arrive for their events in the second week, organizers had said on Thursday. While PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal are going to be India’s flag-bearers, a total of 78 athletes and officials from 12 disciplines shall represent India.
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At the Games Village, India’s athletes who will be taking part in Friday’s opening ceremony on the River Seine are counting minutes and hours. They will be on boats for only 45 minutes for a ceremony that will last close to four hours. But by the time they leave the Village in the afternoon and return late at night, it will have taken an average of 7 hours, 40 minutes. (Read More)
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First uploaded on: 26-07-2024 at 20:44 IST