Curious onlookers gathered on bridges as dozens of boats snaked along the Seine river on Monday in a rehearsal for the Paris Olympics’ unique opening ceremony next month. A total of 55 boats made Monday's journey from Pont d’Austerlitz to Pont d’Iéna, a stone’s throw from the Eiffel Tower.
Barges cruise on the Seine river during a rehearsal for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, Monday, June. 17, 2024 in Paris . The river will host the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 26 with boats for each national delegation. Barges cruise on the Seine river during a rehearsal for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, Monday, June. 17, 2024 in Paris .
On the day of the eagerly-awaited event, around 200 Olympic delegations will join the parade on more than 80 boats. They will make the journey from east to west, along a six-kilometer route which has become a major talking point — for its audacity as a unique open-air event and for its exposure to potential danger.if the threat level was too high. But Reboul said Monday that authorities are preparing for the big day as originally planned, with no alternatives being prepared at this stage.
“We will give our heart and souls to make it a great success for the French people,” France’s Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said Monday. “They deserve it.” What people actually saw were empty vessels bobbing slowly by. But they will be full of life, color, sound and movement next month.
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