Olympic opening ceremony takes place in Paris across the Seine river

Instead of the traditional march into the stadium, more than 10,000 athletes paraded on around 100 boats for almost four miles down Paris' Seine river.

Athletes on board the boats caught glimpses of key sites including the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame, as well as several Olympic venues including La Concorde Urban Park (3X3 basketball, breaking, BMX freestyle cycling, skateboarding), Invalides (archery, athletics - marathon finish, road cycling - time trial start) and the Grand Palais (fencing, taekwondo).

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[Chumpz]

More like a Eurovision open ceremony than an Olympic..

[SM-czod]

Absolutely dreadful. Worst opening ceremony ever

[Malpriorvids]

It was refreshing to see people from all over the world arriving in France by boat…….i was getting tired of them leaving France in boats for Britain.

[johnroberts]

Sky getting comments from everyone except Enzo. And switching off comments to supress discussion. Class act.

[fazfinisher]

Shocking, how long have they been planning this....a complete shitshow.

[michaelayling]

Only the BBC could say this ceremony was good, what planet are they on.

[russellclarke]

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE WORSE OPENING CEREMONY FOR AN OLYMPICS I HAVE EVER WITTNESSED

[pennygiotaellhn]

WTF Disgraceful opening of the sacred Olympic Games SHAME ON YOU FRANCE

[brentpowell]

Paris just won the Gold, Silver and Bronze in the worst opening Olympics ceremony in history, they all need testing for drugs 🤣🤣

[lylewilson]

This ceremony was so underwhelming and weird.. We had bearded "ladies", half naked smurfs and a very odd depiction of the last supper.. Production wise, it was a massive mess the ending was good with the light show on the Eiffel Tower and Celine Dion killed it. Not sure how I feel about the cauldron 🤔

The old man in the rain was also concerning, dude was chilling there for a good minute and looked miserable.

[venlafaxinedomperidone]

Did a high school student direct this?

[jonsnoopy]

That was basically a bad dream in the flesh lol

[markphc]

The 2012 opening was excellent, the contrast is so marked

[floaty]

Did I really just see a burning piano floating down the Seine, while singing Imagine? Whatever the Parisians are smoking I want some!

[lynnporter]

Well obviously, this was very French. Elegant weirdness a lot of singing and dark. I thought the Marie Antoinette piece with accompanying blood was dreadful. A most inappropriate performance for a sporting ceremony.

[shinodaprime]

Is this a Eurovision contest, or an Olympic sports ceremony :D Dear French people, what happened?

[r.n.]

They tried hard to have a good ceremony. But the inclusion issue spoiled the whole show. I feel sorry for the French who are NOT represented by LGBT. IT WAS NOT A FAMILY SHOW, DO NOT WATCH IT WITH YOUR CHILDREN. 😡🤮🤮🤮

[robertaustin]

PS the Sudanese and Ethiopian boats were last seen heading for Dover 😂

[mikerobinson]

Lady Ga Ga ? no French artists available you would have thought some one from France would be more appropriate

[robg_]

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:1-5