[Breaking News]Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony to begin on the Seine River, the first time in the history of the Summer Olympics that the ceremony will be held “outside the stadium” (July 27, 2024)

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics has just begun on the Seine River, which flows through the center of Paris. The opening ceremony, which began at 2:30 a.m. on the 27th Japan time, is the first time that the Summer Olympics will be held outside the stadium. Approximately 10,500 athletes from each country will board 94 boats on the Seine River and parade about 6 kilometers across the center of Paris. The flag bearers for the Japanese team will be Shigekix, also known as Shigeyuki Nakai, a new athlete in this tournament, who is breaking, and Misaki Emura, a fencer. The athletes will head to the square in front of the Eiffel Tower, where the ceremony will be held, while looking at the Place de la Concorde, Les Invalides, and the Grand Palais, which are symbols of Paris and will be the venues for the competition. Details of the performance, such as the anchor of the torch relay that is expected to be the finale of the opening ceremony, and how the torch will be lit, have not been revealed. It is said that about 80,000 French soldiers and police officers will be on guard.The Olympics will feature 329 events in 32 sports, with 409 athletes from Japan expected to participate, the most of any other Summer Olympics held overseas. Photo: Representative Photo/Reuters/AFLO
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