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A scene from the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. 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 ...
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.
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.
A post shared by The Olympic Games (@olympics) 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.
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 closing ceremony took place at the Stade de France and, as per tradition, involved a parade of flags and athletes and the handover ceremony. [9] It was officially titled "Records" and paid tribute to Greek antiquity as the birthplace of the "Olympic spirit" as well as portraying the revival of the Olympics by the French baron Pierre de Coubertin. [10]
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 ...
PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 26: Smoke resembling the flag of Team France is shown over Austerlitz Bridge during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France ...