Amid heavy security, more than 10,000 athletes on almost a hundred boats will take part in the Opening Ceremony on the River Seine on Friday. Team USA's women's soccer team took home their first win today. NBC News' Tom Llamas reports. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, starting with the Opening Ceremony July 26 at 12 p.
Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday, part of France’s high-speed rail network was paralyzed by “malicious acts” that disrupted service for hundreds of thousands of passengers, officials in the country said. “Coordinated malicious acts targeted several TGV lines last night and will seriously disrupt traffic until this weekend,” French Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete said in a post on X on Friday morning.
In a separate interview with French broadcaster BFMTV, Vergriete said the disruptions, which he said unfolded simultaneously, appeared to be intentional. It was unclear who might be responsible for the attacks. Jean-Pierre Farandou, chairman and CEO of SNCF, France’s national rail operator, said at least 800,000 passengers were affected. “We are so sorry to not be able to circulate the trains expected,” he added. “The celebration is spoiled.
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