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Drizzles, sprinkles and then full-on, nonstop rain drenched the opening ceremony of Paris Olympics. It was an unusually wet July day for the unprecedented open-air event on the Seine River.
- Paris dazzles in rainy 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on the ...
PARIS (AP) — A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of...
- For Olympic athletes soaked by rain at the opening ceremony ...
Athletes from around the world paraded on boats in...
- Paris dazzles in rainy 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on the ...
Jul 27, 2024 · All the rain. Sheets and sheets of rain. The opening ceremony of Paris 2024 was a washout. It took years to plan. And it took one long, relentless storm cell to theoretically ruin. Follow our...
Jul 27, 2024 · Wet weather has impacted the opening day of the 2024 Olympics in Paris with some events postponed or delayed. Heavy rain fell throughout Friday's opening ceremony in the French capital and...
Aug 1, 2024 · Researchers worry that Paris represents the latest in an Olympic trend that has winter athletes scrambling to find enough snow and their summertime counterparts facing health risks — cramping,...
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PARIS (AP) — A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River.
Jul 27, 2024 · Athletes from around the world paraded on boats in rain-soaked uniforms for Friday’s soggy opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The four-hour event on the Seine River went on despite rain throughout the evening, ranging from light showers to intense downpours.
Jul 27, 2024 · Paris welcomed its first Olympic Games in a century with an opening ceremony like no other as relentless rain failed to put a dampener on proceedings along the iconic River Seine.
