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Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights: French capital stuns sporting world with unprecedented scenes

Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony: The Seine River is set to host the opening ceremony of the 33rd Summer Games in Paris with over 100 boats to carry more than 10,000 athletes in the Parade of Nations on Friday.

Parade of Nations event at Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony on July 26, 2024 Image Source : GETTYParade of Nations event at Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony on July 26, 2024

Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony, Athletes Parade Updates

For the first time in history, the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics Games will take place in a river. The Seine River will host the much-awaited opening ceremony of the 33rd Summer Games on Friday as over 10,000 athletes set to represent their countries in the historic Parade of Nations. 

Flagbearers PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal will lead the Indian contingent of 78 members in the opening ceremony. Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, will be the first to appear in the Parade of Nations which will begin after 11 pm IST. 

Live updates : Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates

  • 3:07 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates

  • 2:59 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Olympic Cauldron is lit

    Former French NBA star Tony Parker takes the torch and lights up the traditional Olympic Cauldron which is an official sign of the beginning of the Summer Games. 

    The legendary singer Celine Dion, who also performed in the 1996 Athens Games, delivered a stunning performance in front of the Eiffel Tower to conclude a memorable event in Paris.

     

  • 2:37 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Rafael Nadal has the torch

  • 2:28 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Rafael Nadal, Zinedine Zidane in the house

    The legendary French footballer Zinedine Zidane is on the stage to light up the traditional Olympic torch. The crowd erupts with a huge cheer for one of the greatest footballers in their nation.

    Zidane then offers the torch to another sporting legend Rafael Nadal, the Spanish tennis player with two Olympic medals and 22 Grand Slam titles in men's singles. 

  • 1:26 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: France team is last to arrive

    As a host nation, the French contingent arrives with Florent Manaudou (Swimming) and Melina Robert-Michon (Athletics) leading the team at Seine River.

  • 1:20 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: The USA team arrives

    The United States of America's contingent arrives with the crowd cheering loudly for the most successful team in Olympics history. 

  • 12:57 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Pakistan contingent arrives

    Pakistan contingent of just seven athletes make their appearance at the Parade of Nations. The star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem leads the Pakistani team at Seine.

  • 12:50 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Teams continue to arrive at floating parade

    Norway is the latest contingent to make an entry at the Parade of Nations as fans continue to cheer loudly for their favourite teams at the Seine. 

  • 12:44 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Paris Games pays tribute to 10 golden heroines of French history

  • 12:40 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Paris Games mark historic achievement

    For the first time in the Olympics' history, the same number of men and women athletes will participate in the Summer Games. 

  • 12:25 AM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Indian contingent arrives

    PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal lead the Indian contingent at the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony at Seine

  • 11:54 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Paris displays French history and culture

    Artists perform special dance at Notre Dame to display French history and culture to the world. 

  • 11:41 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: French cabaret dance begins

    Over 80 local artists perform the traditional French cabaret dance at Seine River. The City of Love displays their culture and traditions as the thousands gather along the Seine. 

  • 11:34 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: China concludes second batch of Parade of Nations

    Five-time world champions China conclude the second batch of the Parade of Nations with Ma Long (Table tennis) and Feng Yu (Synchronised swimming) leading the team.

  • 11:27 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Lady Gaga performs after first batch of Parade of Nations

  • 11:18 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Teams arrive on boats

    As a host nation, France's contingent will be the last to arrive and the USA will be the second last as they are to host the next 2028 Games. The Indian contingent will soon make an appearance. 

  • 11:14 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Parade of Nations begins

    Greece contingent kicks off the Parade of Nations as the teams set to show off their colours with an unprecedented parade on a boat. 

  • 11:04 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Opening ceremony begins

    The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 officially gets underway along the River Seine in the French Capital.

    French football legend Zinedine Zidane likely light the Olympic cauldron.

  • 10:39 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Opening ceremony to start at 11 pm

    Reports say that 85 boats will take part in the opening ceremony starting at 11:00 pm IST

  • 10:14 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: PM Narendra Modi wishes Indian contingent ahead of Day 1

  • 9:54 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: PV Sindhu is all set to steal limelight

    The two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will be leading the Indian contingent tonight.

  • 9:48 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Flame torch in Paris

    American rapper and record producer Snoop Dogg carries the Olympics Falme Torch in Paris for one last time.

     

     

  • 9:37 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Opening ceremony to last 3 hours

    For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the opening ceremony will take place outside a stadium. The much-awaited Parade of Nations will begin along the river Seine and will flow through Paris' historic places Notre Dame, Pont des Arts, Pont Neuf and more.

    In a never-seen-before ceremony, boats will carry athletes during the Parade of Nations.

  • 9:33 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Watch previous 5 opening ceremonies here

  • 9:27 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Lady Gaga and Celine Dion to perform tonight

    The veteran Canadian singer Celine Dion and American star Lady Gaga will light up the opening ceremony with their performance tonight.

  • 9:15 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Team India to feature 78 atheletes

    The Indian contingent will feature 78 athletes from 12 sports disciplines in the Nations Parade today.

    The star badminton player PV Sindhu and table tennis ace Sharath Kamal are India's flagbearers for the 33rd Summer Games.

    Prominent athletes from the 12 disciplines:

    • Archery: Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai.
    • Badminton: PV Sindhu
    • Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain
    • Equestrian: Anush Agarwalla
    • Golf: Shubhankar Sharma
    • Hockey: Krishan Pathak, Nilakanta Sharma and Jugraj Singh
    • Judo: Tulika Mann
    • Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan
    • Shooting: Anjum Moudgil, Sift Kaur Samra, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Anish.
    • Swimming: Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu
    • Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra
    • Tennis: Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal and Sriram Balaji.
  • 9:03 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Team India is ready for the Parade of Nations

  • 9:03 PM (IST) Posted by Sumeet Kavthale

    Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Coverage

    Hello and welcome to India TV's live coverage of the highly anticipated opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024.

    Paris is set to host the 33rd Summer Games with the whole world hoping for a memorable start to the event at the Seine River. The opening ceremony promises the biggest-ever event in Games' history as over 10,000 athletes from 204 nations set to participate in the Parade of Nations. 

    So, stay tuned to receive regular live updates here.