Almost seven years after Paris was officially designated as the site for the Games of the 33rd Olympiad, the 2024 Summer Olympics finally commenced this morning during a rain-soaked opening ceremony at the City of Light.
These Olympic Games are occurring 100 years after France last held the world's biggest sporting event—with the 1924 Paris Games marking the 8th Olympiad.
On Team USA's side, the Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James was the flag bearer for the American team...which consists of 594 athletes who rode on a giant ferry down the Seine River during the opening ceremony.
In regards to U.S. and Canadian celebrities who showed up in Paris today, rapper Snoop Dogg was one of the Olympic torch bearers, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were on-hand to promote their upcoming November film Wicked, while Lady Gaga had a musical number on a large staircase that overlooked the Seine. Celine Dion serenaded the crowd from atop the Eiffel Tower prior to the Olympic cauldron being lit about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) away, near the Louvre.
Even Arno Dorian—the main character from the 2014 video game Assassin's Creed Unity (whose story takes place during the French Revolution)—made an appearance thanks to a costumed parkourist who spent most of the opening ceremony leaping across rooftops and inside different locales throughout Paris.
I'm absolutely stoked to watch the Summer Olympics on TV whenever I can over the next 14 days (technically, Olympic competition officially started two days ago)! I can't wait for gymnast Simone Biles, swimmer Katie Ledecky, track and field athlete Noah Lyles as well as LeBron and the rest of the U.S. men's basketball team to win gold for Team USA during these Games!
Though one question remains: Will the Olympic cauldron remain airborne 24/7 over the next two weeks? The answer is no.
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— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) July 26, 2024
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