Organizers are confident they can pull off the most spectacular start to an Olympic Games the world has ever seen—despite separate “malicious” attacks early Friday.
Instead of being an indoor spectacular, the event will unfold along the river Seine as 10,000 athletes travel on 100 boats almost four miles from the Austerlitz Bridge, past the iconic Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, and arrive near the Eiffel Tower.will lead the parade, while the French delegation will be the last team announced.
An outdoor, moving, opening ceremony will no doubt be an eye-catching spectacle, but it also poses increased security risks. Organizers were able to avoid another last-minute crisis for the opening ceremony when the SFA-CGT union representing hundreds of dancers performing at the event reached a deal that would give the lowest-paid dancers between $150 and $260 extra,
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