The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is officially underway, with 320,000 excited spectators crowding the banks of the River Seine after a series of scandals threatened to overshadow France's showpiece event.
Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] BBC viewers were left questioning if the performers for the Olympics closing ceremony were lip syncing on Sunday as the competition is plagued once again by 'awful' sound issues.
Growing annoyed by the familiar audio issues of the completion, fans flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, shared their frustration and some even demanded for a sacking. Read More Thousands threaten to not watch Olympics with #boycottOlympics trending after opening ceremony 'The sound engineering is pretty awful.''Shame the sound for the bands is a bit muted, they did try to push it but was distorted, so kept it soft and muffled. Still enjoying it. Phoenix are rocking.'Great Britain ended the Paris Olympics with 65 medals – the same amount won at London 2012 and the nation's second-best ever tally on foreign soil.
Traditional Olympic sports such as athletics, cycling and swimming returned medals, while rowing banished its Tokyo nightmare to win three golds in a strong regatta. In particular, the appearance of a 'naked blue man' among a scene likened to the Last Supper angered many watching, especially Christians.Another declared they 'didn't even care about the Olympics' but were now '100 per cent boycotting'.
Scores of X users added to the pile-on, with one commenting: 'The opening ceremony was a disgrace and a slap in the face to all Christians #boycottOlympics' Many were also upset by the subsequent performance by French heavy metal band Gojira, who played 'Ah! Ça Ira' - a popular song during the French Revolution.
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