More than 10,500 athletes will compete at the Olympics, 100 years since Paris last staged the Games.
France's flag bearers Florent Manaudou and Melina Robert-Michon , and fellow athletes from France's delegation sail in a boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony.French President Emmanuel Macron and Mr Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, attend the opening ceremony in Paris.
It was the first time that an opening ceremony has taken place outside a stadium, adding to the headaches for a vast security operation, just hours after “Once you’re wet, it’s fine,” he said. Still, he was heading back to his hotel after the French boat passed, long before the ceremony ended. Some 45,000 police and thousands of soldiers were deployed in a huge security operation in Paris for the ceremony.A mix of French and international stars, including soccer great Zinedine Zidane, 14-times French Open champion Rafa Nadal, 23-times Grand Slam champion Serena Williams and three paralympic athletes were among the last torchbearers before the cauldron was lit.
At one point, there was a live crossover to the early morning welcome ceremony at the surfing venue, 16,000km away in the Pacific island of Tahiti.France is at its highest level of security, though officials have repeatedly said there was no specific threat to the opening ceremony or the Games.
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