Olympics Opening Ceremony Highlights: Sharath Kamal and PV Sindhu lead the Indian contingent.© AFP
Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights: The Paris Olympics 2024 acquired off to a glittering ceremony on Friday. An unprecedented and bold present with near 7,000 athletes paraded down the River Seine previous the historic monuments of the French capital. The ceremony noticed heavy rain too but it surely did not dampen the spirit of the 1000’s current. The Indian contingent was led by PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal. For the primary time in Olympic historical past, the opening ceremony happened outdoors the principle stadium, with some 300,000 folks watching in particular person from specifically constructed stands on the river banks, and one other 200,000 from overlooking balconies and flats. (Paris Olympics 2024)
Listed below are the Highlights of Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony –
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03:05 (IST)
Olympics Opening ceremony: Thank You and Good Evening!
With that we come near this dwell weblog! The motion for India begins at 12:30 PM. There’s a probability that India would possibly win a medal too in taking pictures on the primary day of medal occasions. Do be part of us for all of the dwell updates!
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03:02 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: The Olympic flams has been lit!
The Olympics flame has been lit. France’s most-decorated observe athlete Marie-Jose Perec and three-time Olympic gold medal-winning judoka Teddy Riner collectively lit the Paris Olympics cauldron on Friday.
Perec and Riner strode as much as the cauldron which fashioned the bottom of a sizzling air balloon within the Tuileries Gardens after it had been transported from the ceremony on the Eiffel Tower by boat and by a succession of French sports activities figures.
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02:10 (IST)
Opening Ceremony Reside Updates: Olympics flag hoisted
A masked particular person in silver steel gown has handed over the Olympic flag. The Olympic flag is hoisted with Olympic anthem being sung within the background
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01:29 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: The Athletes’ parade ends!
The athletes’ parade lastly involves an finish with hosts France crusing down the Sienne. The overarching theme of the Paris 2024 Opening ceremony has been celebrating variety.
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01:00 (IST)
Opening Ceremony Reside Updates: Celebrating the fashio capital
A really French Opening ceremony now sees the organisers celebrating the style standing of Paris. Nations with ‘P’ as their first letter like Pakistan and Portugal have now completed their parade.
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00:50 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: A salute to history-makers!
The following phase of the Olympics opening ceremony focusses on girls who modified the course of historical past. In the meantime, the athletes parade continues with international locations with the letter M and N presently crusing on the Sienne river
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00:19 (IST)
Opening Ceremony Reside Updates: Indian contingent is right here
And the second we have been ready for! The Indian contingent is being led by PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal. They sail on the Sienne river and the hope is India will get double digit medals
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00:11 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: The parade continues!
Now international locations with E and G are presently going. Gabon, Ethiopia, Georgia are among the many nations presently participating within the Parade
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00:04 (IST)
Opening Ceremony Reside Updates: One other scintillating present!
Pop star Aya Nakamura is performing now! Apparently the French-Malian singer was abused racially after it was introduced that she would carry out on the opening ceremony. The Parade of the Nations continues with Cuba, Dominican Repubic among the many international locations who’re passing by.
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23:56 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: Nadal additionally current!
Not simply the river entrance, followers are current on the balcony of the close by buildings. Even tennis nice Rafael Nadal is current in one of many constructing.
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23:40 (IST)
Opening Ceremony Reside Updates: World leaders current
Not solely athletes, World leaders started arriving at President Emmanuel Macron’s Elysee Palace workplace Friday afternoon, an AFP journalist noticed, forward of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony within the night. Macron and his spouse Brigitte welcomed the company on a purple carpet within the courtyard of the Elysee, the place they’re holding a reception for round 85 heads of state or authorities earlier than the ceremony on the River Seine.
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23:29 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: Meals not enough!
An fascinating improvement – away from the opening ceremony – Regardless of tales of Michelin-starred cooks serving to put together the menus in Paris, Andy Anson, the British Olympic Affiliation’s chief govt, has complained that the meals within the Olympic Village “will not be enough,” with complaints over small parts and an absence of high-protein meals. “There aren’t sufficient of sure meals: eggs, hen, sure carbohydrates,” Anson instructed ‘The Instances’ newspaper.
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23:27 (IST)
Paris Olympics Reside: First visuals of Indian contingent.
The night’s first efficiency by American singer Woman Gaga has began, And as we converse, Bangladesh athletes are right here. And there’s a visible of Indian athletes too. PV Sindhu will be seen smiling whereas boxer Lovlina Borgohain is there too.
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23:21 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: Athletes’ parade
The six kilometer parade started from Austerlitz bridge and 85 boats carried greater than 6800 athletes from 205 nations and one Refugee Olympic workforce, with a very good variety of them skipping the unbelievable present because of their competitions on Saturday.
The Indian contingent is being led by two flag-bearers — two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and desk tennis legend A Sharath Kamal.
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23:18 (IST)
Paris Olympics Reside: Ceremony Particulars
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Video games started with the ‘Parade of the Nations’ wherein athletes from 205 international locations sailed down the enduring Seine river on boats, marking a dreamy break from custom regardless of rain threatening to play spoilsport.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Worldwide Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach have been in attendance as French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane was proven sprinting down the streets of Paris with the Olympic flame in a pre-recorded video.
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23:13 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: Greece is the primary nation
The primary nation to march within the Parade of Nations is Greece. Greece is the place the primary fashionable Video games occurred in 1896. The traditional Video games additionally happenned in Greece. To honour this, Greece marches first within the parade.
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23:09 (IST)
Paris Olympics Reside: Ceremony begins
The opening ceremony has began! Rain is taking part in cover and search right here within the French capital because the Opening Ceremony is just some minutes away, dampening the temper of the group current. The French Met Division has predicted the danger of rain showers throughout the ceremony on Friday night owing to disturbances approaching the Paris area.
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23:02 (IST)
Olympics 2024 Reside: Friends arrive!
In line with experiences, company have began to reach on the venue. As we converse Shiva Keshavan, deputy chef de mission, says Indian athletes are totally equipped for the opening ceremony. The specialists current on the venue are saying they’re prepared for the opening ceremony.
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22:04 (IST)
Paris Olympics Reside: Hiya!
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 might be beginning in a number of hours! That is the largest present on earth and India might be wanting ahead to its athletes on the quadrennial extravaganza. Comply with this weblog for the dwell updates of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony
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