AP PHOTOS: The Summer Olympics is remaking Paris
5 months, 2 weeks ago

AP PHOTOS: The Summer Olympics is remaking Paris

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tightened security ahead of the opening ceremony Friday along the Seine river means both locals and the visitors who have descended on the city must navigate snaking metal barriers requiring a QR code attained in advance to pass through. It's challenging the Paris Olympics slogan of “Games wide open.” While tough security measures have sealed off kilometers of the Seine for the opening ceremony, it's not stopping those intent on enjoying some of the iconic sights of the French capital. Tourists are still snapping photos in front of the Louvre museum's iconic pyramid, people parade past the hilltop Sacre Coeur basilica and Arc de Triomphe, and there's even been a proposal or two in front of the Eiffel Tower.

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Criticism over Olympic rings plan for Paris
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Criticism over Olympic rings plan for Paris

China Daily  

Police officers stand in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Friday. THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP The family of the Eiffel Tower's architect has pushed back against the Paris mayor's proposal to permanently install the Olympic rings on the iconic structure. Hidalgo wants to retain the giant Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower, which Parisians affectionately call the "Iron Lady", until …

The 2024 Olympics were a success for Paris but a calamity for some of its businesses
3 months, 4 weeks ago

The 2024 Olympics were a success for Paris but a calamity for some of its businesses

The Independent  

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Paris mayor says Olympic rings to stay on Eiffel Tower 'until 2028'
4 months ago

Paris mayor says Olympic rings to stay on Eiffel Tower 'until 2028'

Hindustan Times  

Paris's mayor said Friday that she intended to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower until at least 2028 despite criticism of the idea from some residents and lawmakers. Paris mayor says Olympic rings to stay on Eiffel Tower 'until 2028' The logo of five interlocking rings was erected on the beloved monument before the July 28-August 11 Olympics …

Paralympics tickets popular among Parisians as residents return after Olympic exodus
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paralympics tickets popular among Parisians as residents return after Olympic exodus

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics come to glittering close after bringing Games back to the people
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics come to glittering close after bringing Games back to the people

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Paris Olympics 2024: River Seine, fickle star of the Games
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: River Seine, fickle star of the Games

Firstpost  

Winding its way through the centre of Paris, past famed attractions such as the Invalides, Place de la Concorde, and the Grand Palais, river Seine sparkled. AP The River Seine was the fickle star of the Paris Olympics, taking centre stage at the opening ceremony and open water swimming and triathlon events despite a running saga over water quality. “Dantesque …

Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: Parisian theatre, visual spectacle, and Hollywood end Summer Games
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: Parisian theatre, visual spectacle, and Hollywood end Summer Games

The Hindu  

Highlighting the marriage of tradition and modernity as one of its underlying themes, Paris 2024, which began unconventionally on the beautiful Seine river, closed the greatest show on earth conventionally with the Stade de France serving as a grand theatre to emphasise the Olympic Games as a human monument. For the first time, the women’s marathon concluded the Olympic Games …

Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony highlights: Snoop Dogg and Tom Cruise welcome Olympics to LA, Phoenix rises in the Air, and athletes rebel as Paris bids adieu
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony highlights: Snoop Dogg and Tom Cruise welcome Olympics to LA, Phoenix rises in the Air, and athletes rebel as Paris bids adieu

ABC  

Well, friends, we did it. Women's marathon gets the coolest medal ceremony As the final event of the Paris Olympics, finishing late on Sunday, the women's marathon gets the best possible medal ceremony: right in the middle of the Stade de France. The Red Hot Chili Peppers soundtrack the montage featuring iconic athletes Kate Courtney, Michael Johnson, and Jagger Eaton …

Paris Olympics 2024 close, Los Angeles takes torch: Five key takeaways
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 close, Los Angeles takes torch: Five key takeaways

Al Jazeera  

As the 2024 games end with a spectacular closing ceremony, we take a look back on the two-week sports spectacular. Here are five key takeaways from this year’s Olympics: ‘From one day to the next, the whole of France became Olympic’ Paris brought down the curtain on an Olympic Games that brought scintillating sport to the heart of the French …

Paris Olympics closing ceremony at Stade de France hands over Games hosting to Los Angeles for 2028
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics closing ceremony at Stade de France hands over Games hosting to Los Angeles for 2028

ABC  

The Paris Olympics have come to a fitting conclusion with a joyous closing ceremony capping off more than two weeks of athletic competition. US finishes on top of Olympic medal tally Photo shows A'ja Wilson celebrates during US win over France in Paris Olympics women's basketball final. Key Events Time to say goodbye from the Paris Olympics Sun 11 Aug …

12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics
4 months, 4 weeks ago

12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics

NPR  

12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics toggle caption Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty Images PARIS — A team of NPR journalists spent over two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. — Emma Bowman The cups toggle caption Marc Atkins/Getty Images The Paris Olympics set out to be the most sustainable Games of the modern era. — Russell Lewis …

The Paris Olympics, a timely celebration of humanity, taught us about joy, hope and each other
4 months, 4 weeks ago

The Paris Olympics, a timely celebration of humanity, taught us about joy, hope and each other

ABC  

With a final flourish, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris have come to a close, weary but just as engaging as they have been throughout. The final throes of the closing ceremony at the Stade de France began the process of casting forward to Los Angeles in 2028, but not without an extended celebration of this magical French summer. Any …

AP PHOTO: Paris closes out the 2024 Olympics with a final star-studded show
4 months, 4 weeks ago

AP PHOTO: Paris closes out the 2024 Olympics with a final star-studded show

The Independent  

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Paris Games closed out with star-studded show, Olympic flag passed to Los Angeles
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Games closed out with star-studded show, Olympic flag passed to Los Angeles

India Today  

Californian music icons Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Snoop Dogg performed for thousands of fans on Sunday as Paris closed the Summer Games that revitalized the Olympics, with the baton being passed to Los Angeles and Hollywood’s dazzle. Read the full speech of IOC President Thomas Bach, during the Closing Ceremony: https://t.co/h54nkXDTFa pic.twitter.com/MbjzHsTun3 — IOC MEDIA August 11, …

Paris Olympics 2024: France turned the Games into a citywide party for everyone.
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: France turned the Games into a citywide party for everyone.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. I even loved the golf, which surprised me by being the Olympics’ most egalitarian spectator experience, all ticket holders equal in our dignified scrambling up the grassy hillocks around the course. “Paris Superstar,” read the cover of Saturday’s Libération, the left-wing daily that can usually be counted on for Olympic cynicism. Even …

At a time of strife and suffering, the Olympics were a beacon of hope
4 months, 4 weeks ago

At a time of strife and suffering, the Olympics were a beacon of hope

The Independent  

The Paris Olympics got off to a rather shaky, wet, rat-infested and sabotaged start, passed through more than a fortnight of gripping sporting excitement, and culminated in the unalloyed relief that the event passed without any of the potential civil unrest or terrorism that might have turned joy into tragedy. And, with some rare exceptions, that same spirit infused those …

At the Paris Olympics, cities and countries were discreetly making their case to host in 2036
4 months, 4 weeks ago

At the Paris Olympics, cities and countries were discreetly making their case to host in 2036

Associated Press  

PARIS — If historic waterway settings are the new must-have accessory for Olympic host cities, then Istanbul’s mayor wants the IOC to know his city has one. Saudi Arabia is following a similar path and in Paris sealed an Esports Olympic Games hosting deal with the IOC for 12 years, beyond the next Summer Games that is available to be …

Eiffel Tower evacuated after man seen climbing hours before Olympics closing ceremony
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Eiffel Tower evacuated after man seen climbing hours before Olympics closing ceremony

The Independent  

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As Olympic competition winds down, Paris security services shift their focus to the closing ceremony
4 months, 4 weeks ago

As Olympic competition winds down, Paris security services shift their focus to the closing ceremony

The Independent  

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Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling

Associated Press  

PARIS — In French, there are no goodbyes. Initial grumbling about barricades and other intense security measures that disrupted locals’ lives — not to mention arson attacks on France’s high-speed rail network — gave way to choruses of “Allez les bleus!” or “France, let’s go!” There were uplifting stories galore for non-French fans, too. “Breaking the norms” became the unofficial …

Paris Olympics 2024 day 16 live updates: Closing ceremony of 33rd Olympic Games ends
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 day 16 live updates: Closing ceremony of 33rd Olympic Games ends

The Hindu  

This LIVE is now closed. The gigantic Stade de France resembled a concert hall hosting a party to celebrate the fortnight of sporting excellence as the breathtaking closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics kicked off with athletes marching into the iconic stadium to thunderous applause. The two-hour-long show, created by Thomas Jolly, began with a musical ode to the Games’ …

Major security lapse during Paris Olympics: Climber scales Eiffel Tower hours before closing ceremony
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Major security lapse during Paris Olympics: Climber scales Eiffel Tower hours before closing ceremony

India TV News  

In a bizarre incident, a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony Sunday. WATCH VIDEO: Climber scales Eiffel Tower on last day of Paris Olympics It is worth mentioning that the Eiffel Tower was a centrepiece of the opening ceremony, with Celine Dion serenading the city from one of its viewing areas. The incident …

Olympics 2024: Was it worth it for Paris to host the Games and other unanswered questions.
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Olympics 2024: Was it worth it for Paris to host the Games and other unanswered questions.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Why did Paris, a city whose international reputation could scarcely get any bigger, decide to host the Olympics in the first place? Will the Paris Olympics, with their few permanent developments, all in service of the public interest, redeem the competition’s model? In a world with no Olympics, does the region’s highly …

The side of the Paris Olympics they don’t want you to see
4 months, 4 weeks ago

The side of the Paris Olympics they don’t want you to see

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics 2024: Explore the Paris marathon route from your home
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Explore the Paris marathon route from your home

The Hindu  

This story is best viewed in a browser. The path, same as the one that women in the 18th century took to the King Louis XVI’s palace demanding reforms, is a powerful reminder of the March of Versailles, a key moment from the French Revolution. Joined by men, between 6,000 and 7,000 Parisians marched from Paris to Versailles to bring …

Olympic Games Paris 2024: French national team’s successes inspire patriotic excitement.
5 months ago

Olympic Games Paris 2024: French national team’s successes inspire patriotic excitement.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. They make up nearly 2 in 3 Olympics ticket buyers, and they come chanting, jumping up and down, waving flags, shouting “hey” in sync with every French swimmer’s breath. “This here is simply unique.” It’s one thing to go nuts at the country’s two flagship sporting events, Roland-Garros and the Tour de …

Olympic Games Paris 2024: Men’s road cycling course ascends Montmartre; Remco Evenepoel takes gold.
5 months ago

Olympic Games Paris 2024: Men’s road cycling course ascends Montmartre; Remco Evenepoel takes gold.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. But on Saturday afternoon, as the men’s Olympic cycling road race wound its way up Montmartre’s cobblestone switchbacks, the spirit of resisting the forces of order rose up once again. So far, these Olympic Games have been joyous, family-friendly events, with fans expertly managed by heavily armed police and choreographed by MCs …

A tour of Paris: The men’s and women’s Olympic road races highlight city’s spectacular sights
5 months ago

A tour of Paris: The men’s and women’s Olympic road races highlight city’s spectacular sights

Associated Press  

PARIS — The road races in cycling at the Olympics are an opportunity for the host city to shine. And here is a look at what riders will see as they covered the cobbles and tarmac in the race for a medal: Pont d’Iena and the Eiffel Tower The start of the men’s and women’s road races is the Pont …

Paris 2024 Olympics schedule and day-by-day events
5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics schedule and day-by-day events

The Independent  

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Olympic Games Paris 2024: Athletes, residents, volunteers enjoy city’s carnival-life atmosphere.
5 months, 1 week ago

Olympic Games Paris 2024: Athletes, residents, volunteers enjoy city’s carnival-life atmosphere.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Third, because the Games require such extensive use of the transportation network, there are also 19,000 purple-vested public transportation employees at and around stations to help visitors buy tickets and find their way. “It’s top, it’s exceptional,” said Hakim Draoui, who runs the cash register at his brother’s convenience store near the …

AP PHOTOS: With the Paris Games as their canvas, people are enjoying the City of Light
5 months, 1 week ago

AP PHOTOS: With the Paris Games as their canvas, people are enjoying the City of Light

Associated Press  

Paris has much to offer its residents and any visitor. A spectator walks through a water mist sprayers on her way to Eiffel Tower Stadium to watch a beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. Juliette Labous, of France, is seen through a spectator’s umbrella while competing in the women’s cycling time trial …

Paris Olympics set record for number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics set record for number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes

LA Times  

Jeremy Goupille shows off his nails painted with rainbow colors and the Olympic rings at the opening of Pride House, the safe space for the LGBTQ+ community of athletes at the Paris Olympics. “It’s not a place to be LGBTQ+.” While the Olympic Games have made giant strides in the years since — the 2024 Paris Olympics set a record …

Paris Olympics water sports: What events should move to the Seine, like the opening ceremony?
55 years ago

Paris Olympics water sports: What events should move to the Seine, like the opening ceremony?

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. The downside: If you put team handball in the Seine, then it just becomes water polo, and—Flavor Flav’s patronage notwithstanding—water polo is even less popular than team handball. You’d line a bunch of little boats up in the Seine, and instead of jumping over hurdles, the competitors would jump from the bow …

Paris put on major storm alert during Olympic Games
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris put on major storm alert during Olympic Games

New Indian Express  

PARIS: France's meteorological service on Tuesday put Paris and its surrounding suburbs on a major storm alert as the city hosts the Olympic Games. The storm alert comes as Paris swelters in heat forecast to reach 35 degrees Celsius on Tuesday as it hosts the fourth day of the Games. The scorching temperatures will be keenly felt by Olympians competing …

The Paris Secret to Managing the Olympics on the Métro? Bad Directions.
5 months, 1 week ago

The Paris Secret to Managing the Olympics on the Métro? Bad Directions.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. According to Google, “Google Maps is showing helpful transit routes provided by Île-de-France Mobilités to navigate Paris during the Games.” Other apps split the difference. Apple suggested the 12, with a warning about a “crowding advisory.” Citymapper gave me both options, first the one based on IDFM’s special Olympics modeling, second the …

Olympics medalists celebrate in front of fans at new Champions Park in Paris
5 months, 1 week ago

Olympics medalists celebrate in front of fans at new Champions Park in Paris

Associated Press  

PARIS — With medals around their necks and the Eiffel Tower in the background, Paris Olympics athletes chanted, danced and even cried. Champions Park launched Monday at the Trocadero, the site of the opening ceremony of the Paris Games, where Olympic winners can share their experience with family members and thousands of fans who this time didn’t need to buy …

Behind the lens: A photojournalist’s take on the 2024 Paris Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

Behind the lens: A photojournalist’s take on the 2024 Paris Olympics

LA Times  

More than 11,000 athletes competing in 329 events for 32 sports and only one photographer. Team USA watches as Simone Biles performs her floor exercise routine during the women’s gymnastics team final. Japan’s Yuto Horigome, who would eventually win gold, falls off the rail during the preliminaries of the men’s street skateboard competition. Canada’s Francois Gauthier-Drapeau, in blue, tries to …

Paris’ Olympics opening was wacky and wonderful — and upset bishops. Here’s why
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris’ Olympics opening was wacky and wonderful — and upset bishops. Here’s why

Associated Press  

PARIS — Paris: the Olympic gold medalist of naughtiness. “Know that it is not France that is speaking but a left-wing minority ready for any provocation,” posted far-right French politician Marion Maréchal, adding a hashtagged “notinmyname.” Here’s a closer look at how Paris both awed and shocked. A 21st-century update of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ DJ and producer Barbara …

Russian media throw shade at Paris Olympics, which TV won’t show
5 months, 1 week ago

Russian media throw shade at Paris Olympics, which TV won’t show

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Watching the Paris Olympics will be difficult for most people in Russia — and in the view of its media, it’s not really worth the effort. “The Paris Olympics is an amazing event, if not to say a phenomenon: Competitions in individual disciplines have just just started, the opening ceremony has not even taken place, and so …

Residents of one Paris neighborhood say they passed on the Opening Ceremony after being overlooked
5 months, 1 week ago

Residents of one Paris neighborhood say they passed on the Opening Ceremony after being overlooked

Associated Press  

PARIS — Jean-Marie Filopon rushed from the bus stop to his home before the Olympics opening ceremony began, pushing a trolley loaded with groceries, as a steady drizzle fell on the neighborhood of Franc-Moisin in Saint-Denis, just outside of Paris. “I’m not sure it’s the most important thing for me,” Filopon said, shrugging off the significance of the opening ceremony …

Paris Olympics: Furious young Aussie says what most wouldn't dare about opening ceremony stunt that mocked one of the West's most sacred images
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics: Furious young Aussie says what most wouldn't dare about opening ceremony stunt that mocked one of the West's most sacred images

Daily Mail  

A young Australian has hit out at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, declaring it disrespected 2.4 billion Christians and was a 'sign the West has fallen'. Journalist and entrepreneur Carla Efstratiou has hit out at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, declaring it disrespected 2.4 billion Christians and was a 'sign the West has fallen' Billionaire Elon Musk also …

2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony review: Interminable Seine procession is a washout
5 months, 1 week ago

2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony review: Interminable Seine procession is a washout

The Independent  

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Top 6 moments from the opening ceremony of 2024 Paris Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

Top 6 moments from the opening ceremony of 2024 Paris Olympics

Firstpost  

Opening ceremony of 2024 Paris Olympics: The rain made it damp, some of the performances made it boundary-breaking and genre-defying, while the ceremony on the Seine River made it unprecedented. It eventually ended with French Olympic gold medalists Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec together lighting up the Olympic cauldron as President Emmanuel Macron declared the 2024 Paris Olympic Games open. …

Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights: Sharath Kamal, PV Sindhu Carry Tricolour Over Seine as French Conjure up Instant Classic
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights: Sharath Kamal, PV Sindhu Carry Tricolour Over Seine as French Conjure up Instant Classic

News 18  

Live Updates: Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1 India Stay tuned for live updates on India’s performance on Day 1 of the Paris Olympics 2024. GO4TSMerci Carl Lewis, Rafael Nadal, Nadia Comaneci, Serena Williams, un relais de légendes#Paris2024 📷 Getty / Richard Pelham pic.twitter.com/vq7pbS549T — Paris 2024 July 26, 2024 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: ZIZOU'S BACK! 🔥 …

Paris Games open on the Seine under tight security, downpour
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Games open on the Seine under tight security, downpour

Hindustan Times  

Paris woke up shadowy and went through the day subdued. Zinedine Zidane, the French footballer, walked with the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the games Certainly not when Zinedine Zidane, the French magician with his foot and the ball, walked with the Olympic torch to chants of “Zizou, Zizou” at the final stretch of the Paris Games opening …

Paris embraces its ‘crazy’ idea to deliver Olympics opening ceremony like no other
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris embraces its ‘crazy’ idea to deliver Olympics opening ceremony like no other

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics opening ceremony kicks off 2024 Games with parade on Seine River as Céline Dion performs
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics opening ceremony kicks off 2024 Games with parade on Seine River as Céline Dion performs

ABC  

The Paris Olympics have officially begun following a spectacular — but rain-dampened — opening ceremony held on the Seine, climaxing with a suspenseful torch relay and a breathtaking performance from Céline Dion. Fri 26 Jul Show all key events And that's where we'll leave Paris A By Andrew McGarry It's been a big night for Australia - now let the …

Paris Olympics opening ceremony delivers on the promise, defies the rain and inspires a dream
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics opening ceremony delivers on the promise, defies the rain and inspires a dream

ABC  

With the lighting of the Olympic flame, a sigh of relief. This opening ceremony, a beast so bold as to have taken over the city of Paris almost entirely, is now a memory to cherish rather than a challenge to conquer. There was irony in the motto of these Olympics — Games Open Wide — as the city had very …

AP PHOTOS: Paris glitters in the rain for ambitious Olympic opening ceremony
5 months, 1 week ago

AP PHOTOS: Paris glitters in the rain for ambitious Olympic opening ceremony

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics opening ceremony cheer undampened by security checks, threat of rain
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics opening ceremony cheer undampened by security checks, threat of rain

Hindustan Times  

The Olympic fever hit Paris, and the French capital is excited about the mega sporting event's opening ceremony on Friday despite the threat of rain and heavy security. Security patrol the Seine river in Paris, France, ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26 The athletes from different countries will be carried on a flotilla …

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