Only a few hours left. On July 26, the opening of the Paris Olympics. The opening ceremony will start at 11 p.m. IST. This is the first time the parade is being held in the river. The entire ceremony will be held in the river Seine. Athletes will have to wait for five and a half hours for the 45-minute parade.
It is known that the entire opening ceremony will last for 7 hours and 40 minutes. Athletes will have to walk at least 940 meters from the gates of the Games Village. Those at the very end of the games village have to walk more than 2 km. A long wait after that. The organizers said that the athletes will have to wait for about 5 and a half hours. They will stay in Mereket for 45 minutes by boat on the river.
94 boats will be in the inaugural parade. There will be about seven thousand contestants. Boats will leave one by one. So contestants will have to wait. At that time, food is arranged so that they do not have any problem. Fruits, dry food, water, and life jackets will be given to the contestants.
The organizers are not saying anything about how the opening ceremony will be. As far as is known, famous singer Celine Dion will sing. French President Emmanuel Macron said that he has already reached Paris. About five lakh spectators will watch the opening ceremony. France wants to commemorate the opening on the river for the first time.