Mass security measures are being put in place ahead of the Olympic Games. Paris is expecting hundreds of thousands of fans to attend the competition. Security concerns have been heightened after threats to football matches
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The idea of holding the Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine is a 'crazy idea' - maybe it would have been best to have left it at the ideas stage, writes John Lichfield.
French President Emmanuel Macron says the Paris Olympics opening ceremony could move from the River Seine if the security risk is too high, the BBC reports. Mr Macron said it could be “limited to the Trocadéro”, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower, instead of covering the planned stretch of the river. He added that …
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The French diver Alexis Jandard slipped on a diving board during the inauguration of an Olympic swimming pool in Saint-Denis. The pool and Olympic Aquatic Center was inaugurated on Thursday by the President, Emmanuel Macron, ahead of the 2024 games in Paris."It's a stroke of bad luck," Jandard told Le Parisien. "I left my DNA and there must still be a bit of my back on the board. But it's OK, it's just scratches. I didn't hurt myself and that's the most important thing. Tomorrow I'm going back...
Latest news as organisers break with tradition to stage opening ceremony outside of a closed stadium – instead holding it on the River Seine
There are multiple plans in place for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games should the security risk be too high to host the curtain raiser on the Seine, according to the French president Emmanuel Macron. Europe, especially Champions League football, has been at the heart of security threats recently. Terror group ISIS said they’d []
French president says location of spectacle, due to take place on Seine, could change if there is serious risk of terror attackFrance has backup plans to move the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games from the Seine if there is a serious risk of a terrorist attack, Emmanuel Macron has said.Speaking in a television interview on Monday, the French president said organisers “could and would” continue to plan for a “world first” opening ceremony for 26 July, when more than 300,000 people are...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine could be shifted instead to the Stade de France if the security threat is deemed too high.