The 33rd Olympic Games in Paris 2024 will be held from July 26 to August 11, with the opening ceremony taking place at 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on July 27. This opening ceremony is the first of its kind on the water, and it is rumored that Celine · Dion and the goddess Lady Gaga will perform together. The editor has specially compiled the "12 highlights of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games"! Are you ready for Paris 2024 together?
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 1: The first water opening ceremony
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be the first to have a "water opening ceremony", which is different from the opening ceremony held in the stadium in the past, and this year it broke with the norm and moved the ceremony to the "Seine". At the same time, this is also the first time in the history of the Olympic Games that the "outdoor opening ceremony" will be held outside the stadium, which will be open to the public to watch the ceremony for free along the coast, bringing a unique and unforgettable visual feast!
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 2: 100 boats on the Seine
For the first time, the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be held outdoors on the romantic Seine. A total of 400 boats carrying national teams and flags will sail from the Pont d'Austerlitz along a course of about 6 kilometres to the Pont d'Iéna. The outdoor opening ceremony is expected to hold about 10 times as many people as before, with 600,000 spectators in attendance.
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 3: Classic landmarks turned venues
In order to save energy and reduce carbon emissions, France will not build new venues for this Olympic Games, all events will be held in Paris and its surrounding areas, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Versailles, the Grand Palais and other most famous Paris attractions will become the venues or venues of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, so that spectators can easily shuttle between the most iconic locations in Paris and enjoy the dual charm of the Olympic Games and the beautiful scenery of Paris.
For example, the Eiffel Tower will be the backdrop for the blind football stadium, the Palace of Versailles will host the equestrian competition for the disabled, the Grand Palais will host wheelchair fencing competitions, and the Les Invalides (Invalides) will host archery competitions for the disabled.
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 4: Celine · Dion makes her comeback debut
French Canada singer Celine · Dion's representative works include "My Heart Will Go On" and "All by Myself". At the end of 2022, she revealed on IG that she was suffering from a rare neurological disease "stiff person syndrome", so she recuperated incognito. The opening ceremony of this Olympic Games will be her comeback performance, and there is no bigger world stage than the Olympics for her return!
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 5: Goddess Lady Gaga sings together
According to France journalists Thierry Moreau and TMZ, Celine Dion and goddess Lady Gaga will sing together at ·the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation on the Internet, making many netizens express surprise and expectation, and the performance of the two goddesses on the same stage will bring an unparalleled shocking effect to the opening ceremony!
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 6: Dazzling Opening Performance
The four opening and closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be helmed by artistic director Thomas · Jolly, who is known for his unconventional creativity, and this performance is highly anticipated. The opening ceremony is expected to be a large-scale, blending of old and new, combining elements such as opera and rap.
Dancer Maud Le Pladec also teased that dancers will perform on every bridge along the parade route, adding to the visual effect. Costume Director Daphne · Burki also designed unique costumes for all dancers, making the whole show even more dazzling.
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 7: Luxurious guest line-up
In addition to Celine Dion and Lady Gaga, it is reported that the performers are also rumored to be "Taylor · Taylor Swift", "Aya Nakamura · Aya· Ariana Grande", "·Dua Lipa" and "Snoop Dogg", the lineup is super luxurious!
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 8: The opening uniforms of the Chinese team players
This year's Chinese team uniforms are designed by JOEONE, which has incorporated rich elements of traditional Chinese culture into the design of the "Dream Chasing" dress, and the men's and women's dress jackets are made of I-shaped patterns extracted from the bricks and tiles of the Great Wall, with horizontal and vertical lines, conveying the meaning of rigor and rigor; The women's dress skirt is an improvement and fusion of the cheongsam with unique Chinese colors and Song Dynasty costumes, and the pattern adopts bamboo, one of the representative elements of traditional Chinese culture, as the main pattern, implying harmony and unity, perseverance and ascension.
Men's dress shirts are designed with small stand-up collars and buckles full of Chinese charm; In terms of pants, it gives full play to the professional advantages accumulated by men's pants experts for 35 years, and adopts the same fabric of "little black pants" that sells more than 3 million pairs in the matrix of Joeone's five pants, which is soft and comfortable, and does not run and jump, so that Chinese athletes can leave a fresh and bright figure on the stadium and show the world China's national sportsmanship of striving for progress and continuous breakthroughs. The "Dream Chasing" dress not only contains JOEONE's heartfelt wishes for Chinese athletes to forge ahead and pursue their dreams, but also reflects the unique characteristics of the Chinese nation, showing a different oriental charm and great country spirit to the world.
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 9: Eiffel Tower Light Show
On the day of the opening ceremony, the Eiffel Tower will stage a "light show" and a "fireworks display" accompanied by music to kick off the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! In addition, this week, netizens also captured the "Olympic rings" of the moon rising on the Eiffel Tower, presenting a shocking scene that makes people look forward to the upcoming opening ceremony.
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 10: 600,000 people in person
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is expected to be attended by 600,000 people in person. In line with the slogan "Games Wide Open", Paris 2024 will move the venue of the Opening Ceremony away from the traditional stadium and set up 80 giant screens throughout the city for spectators to watch. Although friends can't attend the ceremony, they can participate in the opening of the Olympic Games with the national players through online broadcasting, and feel the warm atmosphere of this grand event!
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 11: Gender equality
Marianne, the goddess of liberty, is the first Olympic emblem in history to feature a woman's face, paying homage to women and history. For the first time, the Games achieved a 1:1 balance between men and women, which is a major achievement for the Paris Games, which aims to break down gender discrimination and promote women's sports.
In addition, Paris 2024 will offer a record 236 medal events for women and at least 1,859 medal places for female athletes, the most in Olympic history. These initiatives will also be highlighted at the Opening Ceremony, demonstrating the commitment to gender equality at the Paris Games.
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlight 12: The Olympic torch with a sense of design
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games invited France well-known ·designer Mathieu Lehanneur to design the torch, with champagne as the main body, symbolizing the three elements of "equality, water and peace", integrating design and technology, and providing a new interpretation of the Olympic torch.
The Olympic torch is made of recycled steel to reduce waste, and the lower half of the torch is rippled with water, demonstrating the close relationship between the Paris Olympics and "water", which was born on the banks of the Seine. In addition, the torch symbolizes the crossing of the ocean from Greece to France, reflecting the inheritance of the Olympic spirit.
[Paris 2024] important schedule
Opening Ceremony: Seine, Paris, July 26, 2024
Official Competition: July 26, 2024 - August 12, 2024
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