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Organizers of the Paris Olympics began their 100-day countdown on Wednesday, amid uncertainty over the location of the July 26 opening ceremony.
Since December 2021, a six-kilometre stretch of the Seine has hosted a sound and light show involving 11,000 athletes and a flotilla of barges that transport them along the world’s most famous monuments.
The first opening rite will be held outdoors in a large stadium that sparkles from the moment the extravagance was announced.
But less than a week after Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin raised fears about a terrorist attack at Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League match against Barcelona, President Emmanuel Macron raised the option of bringing the opening rite back to the Stade de France.
In a televised interview on Monday, Macron said: “There is a plan B and a plan C, we have them in parallel. We’ll look into it in time. “
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With all decorum, the head of the organizing committee, Tony Estanguet, stated that the prestige symbol of the exterior splashes was the most likely option.
“The main objective is to perform a very beautiful and surely unique opening rite, the first time it will be held outdoors in a stadium, in the center of Paris sur Seine,” said Estanguet, who attended the lighting of the Olympic stadium. flame. in Olympia, Greece.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, gave the impression of being equally malleable.
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