Paris 2024 Olympics – Opening Ceremony – Paris, France – July 26, 2024. Athletes of India aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel | Photo Credit: ALEKSANDRA SZMIGIEL The magnificent City of Light, dotted with the spectacular Eiffel Tower and scores of majestic buildings featuring…
Getting into the mood: People gathered on a bridge over the Seine where the opening ceremony will be held. | Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar Parisians manage to find their own way to relax near the Seine AAmid heavy security on both banks of River Seine for the Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday, Parisians manage…
Watch: Uniqueness at the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony The 33rd edition of the Olympics will be kicking off at Paris on July 26 at 11 p.m. (IST) Paris Olympics opening ceremony itself will be an unique one breaking the traditional march into the stadium. Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 10,500…
File photo of Gagan Narang Gagan Narang, Olympic bronze medal-winning shooter and chef-de-mission of the Indian contingent at Paris 2024, said the sports science back-up provided to the country’s athletes in this Games is unprecedented. Narang said the sports science team, under the leadership of renowned sports injury expert Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, is a never-before…
Paris has long been a city of dreamers: Just look at the Eiffel Tower, for decades the world’s loftiest structure. Audacity also underpins the French capital’s plans for its first Olympic Games in a century, which open on July 26 with an opening ceremony for the ages. The most sprawling and elaborate Olympic opening ever…
Coco Gauff of the U.S. during training. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at July 26th’s opening ceremony. Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is set to make her Olympic debut at the Paris Games and will be the first…
High expectations: Antim would be keen to make her maiden Olympics a memorable one. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO For the first time, women wrestlers have outnumbered men in the Indian squad bound for the Olympics in Paris. Five women – two-time World championships bronze medallist Vinesh Phogat (50kg), Worlds and Asian Games bronze medallist…
Indian men’s hockey team are seen during a practice session ahead of their Paris Olympics campaign. | Photo Credit: K. Muarli Kumar The Indian Men’s Hockey Team player Sanjay, who is a formidable defender and drag-flicker from Dabra village near Hisar, Haryana, is set to make his debut at the Olympics in Paris. Emerging as…
Ready to shoot:Â The Indian archery squad on its arrival in Paris for the Games. | Photo Credit: X@WeAreTeamIndia A well-planned and smooth build-up seems to have hit a roadblock for the Indian archery team with foreign coach Baek Woong Ki not getting accreditation to guide the team at the Paris Olympics. India, which has never…
Story so far: Paris is gearing up to host the 2024 Olympic Games from July 22 to August 11, when 10,500 athletes from over 200 countries will participate in 32 sports. Two nations – Russia and Belarus – will not be represented due to a ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following Russia’s…
