Live: Paris as Olympics 2024 opening ceremony is held in rain-soaked city

Watch live as guests begin to arrive for the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony in Paris.

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[william]

Does anyone know where you can find footage of the actual ceremony? Dancing and all. Only been able to find these videos that last hours and they only show people standing around.

[JacklynRipper-lo]

As a Metalhead and an Opera lover....seeing Gojira perform for the Olympics was Epic!

[JBugMedia]

Where can I watch it?! All I've been seeing are videos with highlights or the attack or of people watching the ceremony or of the skyline. Omg 😂

[ethericbliss]

NOTHING HERE!! NO OLYMPICS. JUST ANOTHER CLICK-BAIT TITLE. NOTHING MORE/NOTHING LESS.

[MyMuse]

Not one camera on any bridge on the Seine to capture the boats?

[johnfuller]

Pretty strange stuff, I couldn’t see what it was all about, myself. A good try, I suppose but I can’t understand what that had to do with the olympics, ended up hoping, mainly through boredom, that the balloon holding the Olympic flame would burst into flame. Strange stuff.

[coffeeman]

Worst Olympics opening ceremony ever. Couldn't have done any worse. Nothing to show but spectators. Total chaos, no focus, a little bit here and a little bit there. No drama, no climax, nothing spectacular, nothing, nothing, nothing at all 😂😂😂

[zaidal-hindawi]

That wasn’t an Olympic opening ceremony. That was a cheap pride parade 🏳️‍🌈 in the rain.
BIG FAIL, Paris. 😂

[fredo]

Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.

[Luck-orci]

The people that are saying "worst opening" clearly did not look every one of them. This was a hell of an opening and I liked it! really beautiful and NEW

[Nikitateagurl_]

Dumbest boring chaotic olympic opening. You dont see the athletes. Events are all over places.

[bananamou]

i want to watch daft punk. have there any?

[MoisesAlmeida]

Look, I applaud France for trying to innovate, but it was the least exciting opening in the last 20 years...

[paulgollum]

Well, now the Olympics have been given the full woke treatment. Sport seemed to take a backseat, whilst what looked more like a pride, trans, Eurovision, camp-fest, took over. Dreadful hotch-potch of wokeism.

[jackmanjack]

enjoyed the whole ceremony but felt olympic athletes too k back seat to celebrating diversity and the arts.

[BubuRuzu]

Another display of gynocentrism and wokeness. Gross.

[LBJ]

Really disappointing we were watching with a young family, inappropriate adult themes. Very disappointing 😔 It was disrespectful to most cultures that are included in the games, including 2.4 billion Christian viewers.

[hughzapretti-boyden]

It was dire, boring drivel. Snooze fest!😴

[bokimoravac]

I sam Bog!.. Je plakao 🌧 celo veče..dok gledao ove 🏳️‍🌈 koji se mlate po kisi ! Izuzetno bolesno zamisljeno!😢😅😢😅 ne zna obican čovek, da li da se smeje ili da plače!

[mischa]

The opening was a disaster and in some cases disgusting.