Spectators appreciate the Eiffel Tower and the Olympic rings of the Seine on July 21, 2024 in Paris. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
This is the first time that the opening rite will take place outdoors in a stadium.
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Read below to learn more about the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
Around 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will take part in Friday’s festivities. More than 90 boats will transport the athletes down the Seine as spectators queue to see them. According to the Olympics website, the larger NOCs will have their own boat, while the smaller ones will share a boat.
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Some 220,000 spectators are expected to be invited and supervised on the banks of the Seine, and another 104,000 paying spectators will stay from the lower bank and around the Place du Trocadéro.
Spectator seating is seen on the Pont du Carrousel, over the Seine, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, on July 23, 2024, as Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games. (Remon Haazen/Getty Images)
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The parade will focus on the 6 km stretch of the Seine that begins at the Austerlitz Bridge, next to the Garden of Plants. Along the way, they will get up close and personal with some of the main historical monuments of Paris. , adding Notre Dame and the Louvre, before ending at the Pont d’Iéna, which connects the Eiffel Tower on the left bank of the Seine River with the Trocadero district on the left bank of the Seine. right bank.
The opening rite live policy is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p. m. ET and airs on NBC and airs on Peacock and NBC Olympic platforms.
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US Open winner Coco Gauff and NBA star LeBron James will lead Team USA as flag bearers in Friday’s celebrations. In what would be her first Olympic Games, Gauff was the first American tennis player to carry the flag.
The appointment of U. S. Olympians Marcos Girón, Emma Navarro, Tommy Paul, Danielle Collins, Taylor Harry Fritz, Coco Gauff, Desirae Krajczyk, Rajeev Ram, Jessica Pegula and Christopher Eubanks Gauff as flag bearers for the United States on July 23, 2024 in Paris. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC)
“I’m not trying too hard because I need to enjoy the experience,” he said of his Olympic debut. “I hope to enjoy this experience many times in my life, [but] I will treat it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. “
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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