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Excited spectators plodded through puddles Saturday to reach the most spectacular venue of the Paris 2024 Olympics, with beach volleyball kicking off in the shadow of a just-visible Eiffel Tower.
PARIS : The rain that drenched the spectacular Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday evening was still very much in evidence as fans streamed in to watch the rowing competitions at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Saturday.
China took the first gold of the Paris Olympics on Saturday, as the rain that dampened the opening ceremony took its toll on the first full day of sporting action. In a closely fought final of the mixed-team 10-metre air rifle, teenage duo Sheng Lihao and Huang Yuting outscored Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun from South Korea 16-12, Kazakhstan grabbing the bronze. The rain already claimed one sporting casualty early Saturday as the wet weather which deluged Friday night's audacious festival on the River Seine continued to cause headaches.
The first event of the skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics on Saturday was postponed after rain overnight and into the morning.
PARIS: Down the River Seine, against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower and in the pouring rain, Paris welcomed the Olympic Games with a historic opening ceremony on Friday (Jul 26).
Long queues had formed at access points along the Seine hours before the start of the parade. After passing scanners and checkpoints, the first arrivals discovered the numerous floating stages installed in the river channel and bridges that have been festooned with flags and the pink-and-purple colours of the Games. "The atmosphere is really friendly," said 75-year-old Frenchman Jean-Yves Herve, who watched the show with his granddaughter. "There are lots of foreigners, we're enjoying it. It's good for France."
PARIS : Weather forecasters are predicting heavy rain showers during the Olympics opening ceremony later on Friday, with one meteorologist even calling it a "disaster" for the unprecedented open-air ceremony in the heart of Paris.
No. 6 seed Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia and No. 7 seed Brandon Nakashima were shown the door in the first round of the Atlanta Open on Tuesday.