The Olympic Games 2024 have commenced with a breathtaking opening ceremony. The City of Lights dazzled with a four-hour spectacle honouring art, culture, and sport, paying tribute to its sports legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grand finale of the Olympic Torch Relay on Friday showcased an array of international and French sports icons, guiding the torch past the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre and through the Tuileries Garden towards the magnificent aerial Olympic cauldron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the international stars were fourteen-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis, five-time Olympic champion Nadia Comaneci, and four-time Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
France’s torchbearers included four-time NBA champion Tony Parker, three-time Olympic champion Michael Guigou, two-time Olympic champion Clarisse Agbegnenou, and Olympic champion Laure Manaudou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, it was the second-to-last torchbearer who captured the hearts of everyone: Charles Coste, an extraordinary 100-year-old former Olympian. Coste’s presence at the ceremony served as a poignant reminder of the enduring spirit of the Games. As he gazed upon the Olympic Torch and passed its flame to the final torchbearers Teddy Riner and Marie-Jos\u00e9 P\u00e9rec, it marked a significant moment for the legendary French cyclist.<\/p>\n
A four-hour spectacle on Friday pays homage to Paris’s rich heritage and sporting legends, setting the stage for a historic event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"8850 Media","author_link":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/author\/usr_8850\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Torch-bearer-300x168.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["News<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 ago","modified":"Updated 2 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 27 \u091c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0908 2024","modified":"Updated on 13 \u0905\u0917\u0938\u094d\u091f 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 27 \u091c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0908 2024 07:30","modified":"Updated on 13 \u0905\u0917\u0938\u094d\u091f 2024 10:14"},"featured_img_caption":"[:en]Charles Coste passes the flame to Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in the French capital Paris on Friday. Photo: Paris 2024 official website[:]","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}