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2024 Paris Olympics Launches With a Stunning, Unique and Très French Opening Ceremony: TV Review

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Aramide Tinubu For months before the 2024 Summer Olympics, there had been questions surrounding Paris’ ability to hold such a massive event.

The city’s residents had threatened to defecate in the Seine River — the site of the opening ceremony — in protest of its highly polluted waters.

As the opening presentation neared, things didn’t exactly get better. Just this morning, France’s high-speed rail trains were a target of arson, and thunderstorms cast clouds over the city.

Yet, when the opener finally commenced, audiences were transported through a whimsical and engaging four-hour showcase that presented the best of Paris’ glorious architecture and music while welcoming top athletes from across the globe to the French capital.

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