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The 33rd Olympics officially opened in the city of festivities and love. This grand event started yesterday Friday (July 26) around 7 pm local time with an eye-catching naval parade on the Seine River, the life of Paris. This is the first time that the history-making opening ceremony was held outside the stadium. And in this colorful event organized in rain-soaked Paris, the whole capital went crazy.
After 100 years of waiting for the French, the traditional river Seine, which runs through the chest of the French capital, also got a new youth by welcoming thousands of world sports stars as guests. Athletes and officials arriving at the Paris Olympics were part of the extraordinary opening ceremony on colorful boats. The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics began with an eye-catching naval parade.
French football legend Zinedine Zidane was seen at the beginning of the opening ceremony. He ran with the Olympic torch from the Stade de France, the main Olympic stadium, to others. The torch run continues.
At the same time, the naval parade of athletes begins. Starting with the contingent from Greece, the Olympic homeland, followed by the refugee team. Then gradually the representatives of the participating countries started coming by barge. Among them were the American pop star Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura, the most popular artist of the French language at the moment, and three thousand dancers.
Millions of people flocked to the Seine River to watch the grand opening ceremony. Two lakh people were given passes. One lakh spectators bought tickets and enjoyed the event. The price of the ticket was 8 thousand to 2.5 lakh in Bangladeshi currency.
Paris is hosting the Olympic Games for the third time. After 1900, in 1924, the Olympic Games were held in the country. After 100 years, Paris is hosting the Olympics again. The French made history in many ways in the third event. They have also done the difficult task of equalizing the number of male and female athletes. 5 thousand 250 male and equal number of female athletes will compete in this year’s Olympics.
Seven thousand athletes from around the world participated in the opening parade. 10,500 athletes will compete in a total of 329 events in 32 games at the Paris Olympics. Five athletes from Bangladesh have got a chance in this year’s Olympic Games.
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