Olympics opening ceremony creates sporting armada of world’s top athletes but locals bemoan lack of access
“C’est Zizou!” went the cry as one of France’s most beloved sons appeared on the screen next to the Seine – and with a blaze of red white and blue, they were off.
As a procession of boats carrying more than 8,000 of the world’s top athletes in a sporting armada along 6km of the River Seine began their journey, the visitors to Paris 2024 not among the 300,000 people allowed to watch from the bridges and riverbanks crammed into bars and restaurants to cheer as their team went by.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/26/spectators-soak-up-seine-spectacle-as-rains-pours-on-paris
Author : Alexandra Topping, in Paris
Publish date : 2024-07-26 20:30:52
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