Live updates: Paris Olympics 2024, upcoming Opening Ceremony overshadowed by French rail attacks.
Seine water, hijab controversy and Celine Dion: French sports minister on OlympicsThe Opening Ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris is today. It will be held along the Seine River — the first time that the ceremony has not taken place inside a stadium.
About 104,000 people in stands were set to line the Seine, with 220,000 more on raised roadways along a four-mile stretch of the river. Attendance capacity at the opening ceremonyNearly 10,500 athletes from more than 200 National Olympic Committees and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team will participate in 329 events in the Games, which run until August 11.Police officers patrol Gare du Nord station in Paris, after threats against France's rail network, on Friday, July 26.
SNCF said travel traffic on these lines is “very disrupted,” with the railway network needing to divert and cancel a large number of trains. They outlined that team members are onsite to oversee repairs, however, said the situation is expected to last the entire weekend.The Rémi Train Centre Val de Loire has also said their train lines will be disrupted until at least Monday, with a fire near the tracks in Courtalain in northern France causing disruptions for travel to Paris.
“There cannot be any party if there’s no security, and we want the celebration to be fantastic,” Paris 2024 CEO Étienne Thobois said.
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