The rainy, dramatic 2024 wrapped on Friday evening. The four-hour ceremony went on into Paris delaying thousands of visitors. The ceremony featured a parade of boats down the Seine River, a faceless torch-bearer doing parkour on Parisian rooftops and headless Marie Antoinette figurines, receiving mixed reactions from viewers.
“This opening ceremony isn’t getting any better,” one user wrote on X. “An Canadian closing An Paris Olympics #OpeningCeremony too long, too weird, too much river.” “This is the most WTF opening ceremony I have ever seen,” another viewer wrote on X.
This year’s unique opening ceremony was the first to not happen in a stadium. The athletes arrived on boats that floated down the River Seine instead, with each delegation waving flags and cheering. As for Team USA,tennis champion officially became the in the history of the Games.
Basketball champion joins Gauff in carrying the . In addition to being the youngest American flag bearer, Gauff was also the first American tennis player to hold the honor. , , The flag appeared to have been raised upside down in an embarrassing moment at the very start of at the end of a spectacular rain-soaked opening ceremony on the River Seine.
, The 2024 Paris Olympic Games have officially commenced, and they’ve kicked off with what many are calling the most unique - and bizarre - opening ceremony. , always knew its idea for the opening ceremony was “crazy” but a relentless downpour on Friday evening ensur.