The Olympics, which is called the Maha Kumbh of sports, has officially started today. This time the Olympics 2024 is being organized in Paris, the capital of France. The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics will last for about four hours. The ceremony is being held on the banks of the Seine River. For the first time in Olympic history, the opening ceremony is being held on the banks of a river instead of a stadium. More than 6,500 players are participating in it in 90 boats.
11:20 PM Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Live: The boat has been stopped for a while after the arrival of Bahrain’s athletes. Now, it is time for a performance by pop icon Lady Gaga.
11:13 PM Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Live: After the fireworks, the athletes have now started arriving in the floating parade along the Seine River. As per tradition, the athletes from Greece came first. They were followed by the Refugee Olympic Team
11:00 PM Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Live: The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics has begun. The ceremony began at 11 pm Indian time on Friday.
10:45 PM Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian team. He wrote on the social media platform ‘X’ that my best wishes to the Indian team for the Paris Olympics. Every athlete is the pride of India. May everyone shine and inspire us with their extraordinary performances, reflecting the true spirit of sportsmanship.
A total of 10,500 athletes will participate in the Paris Olympics. India has a team of 117 players, including 47 women. Badminton star PV Sindhu and veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal will be the flag bearers of India in the opening ceremony. Let us tell you that a 78-member Indian team will participate in the ‘Athlete Parade’ in the opening ceremony. Apart from Sindhu and Sharath, other important players include archer Deepika Kumari, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, table tennis player Manika Batra and tennis player Rohan Bopanna.
The Indian men’s hockey team also has a match against New Zealand on Saturday, so only three reserve players will attend the ceremony. Rower Balraj Panwar has a race on Saturday morning, so he will not be a part of the athlete parade. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said that all the players who have made themselves available for the opening ceremony will be a part of the parade. The IOA said, “Many players have competitions on Saturday and the IOA has respected their decision to give priority to their preparations and not participate in the opening ceremony.”
Indian players participating in the opening ceremony
Flag bearers: PV Sindhu (Badminton) and Achanta Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis)
Archery: Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai
Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain
Table Tennis: Manika Batra
Tennis: Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal and Sriram Balaji
Shooting: Anjum Moudgil, Sifat Kaur Samra, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Anish
Horse Riding: Anush Aggarwal
Golf: Shubhankar Sharma
Hockey: Krishan Pathak, Neelkant Sharma and Jugraj Singh
Judo : Paintbrush Man
Sailing: Vishnu Saravanan and Netra Kumanan
Swimming: Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu
