The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics may have been hit by rain, but that didn’t stop athletes, fans, and a hooded character from dazzling the world’s attention. French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane opened the ceremony with the Olympic flame, followed by a parade of boats carrying the national teams over the Seine River.
An armored horsewoman representing the Olympic spirit “rode” a metal horse across the river. In the final stretch of the torch relay, famous athletes Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Carl Lewis, and Nadia Comaneci rode down the river in a speedboat, passing the torch to several French athletes. It ended with Charles Coste, the 100-year-old oldest French Olympic champion, and French judo great Teddy Riner and sprinter Marie-José Pérec, who lit the flame. An air balloon atop the flame floated into the Paris skies.
Source – CGTN
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