Olympics 2024 Opening ceremony Live: PV Sindhu, Sharath Kamal lead team India in the opening ceremony
The Paris Olympics are poised to make history with an unprecedented opening ceremony along the iconic river Seine on Friday evening.
Indian contingents in the opening ceremony
CHENNAI: As the world gears up for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the opening ceremony will kick off in a historic setting at the Seine River at 11:00 IST on Friday.
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics will take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11.
A total of 10,500 athletes across 206 countries will compete in the Paris Olympics, of which 117 are from the Indian contingent.
For the first time, the opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium.
Instead, athletes will arrive via boat and cruise down the Seine, passing by historic Paris landmarks, including the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and the Louvre.
Meanwhile, singers Lady Gaga and Céline Dion are rumored to be among the performers.
Veteran table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal will be India’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony, along with double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu as the co-flag bearer.
The Indian athletes will look to surpass the previous medal tally record of one gold, two silver and four bronze in Tokyo four years ago.
Paris 2024 will be the first gender-equal Olympic Games in history
Olympe de Gouges, Alice Milliat, Gisèle Halimi, Simone de Beauvoir, Paulette Nardal, Jeanne Barret, Louise Michel, Christine de Pizan, Alice Guy and Simone Veil.
Indian athletes take the stage led by PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal in the Parade of Nations.
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The organisers have claimed that the ceremony will be the biggest in Games history with more than 300,000 people watching on the banks of the Seine and billions tuned in on television.
Lady Gaga during the opening ceremony