PARIS : What started with a major security scare and torrential rain that threatened the smooth running of the elaborate opening ceremony and swimming events being held in the Seine, ended with the river playing its expected central part in the Olympics.
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Athletes of France aboard a boat in the floating parade pass the Musee du Louvre on the river Seine during the opening ceremony. Pool via REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
Organisers had decided marathon swimming and the swimming legs of the triathlon would take place on the Seine, just like the globally acclaimed opening ceremony - the first time one had been held outside a stadium. "We've had so much rain , it was not the plan. We had anticipated some rain but we've had to adjust in the final hours and change a lot of things so that this ceremony could happen.
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