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Old 11-05-2024, 08:05 AM #1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_S...ade_of_Nations

running order

Greece as usual to kick things off followed by the olympic refugee team, and France to close this parade of nations as this years hosts




TeamGB as 72th in the order
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My niece will be in this again after being selected for the GB womens 7s squad for her 2nd Olympics.
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Olympic Games, an actual good non-political entertainment event


unlike woke hypocrite eurovision




Successica Pegula becoming an olympian, whew the ******* flavour, i reckon all of the Buffalo Bills squad will also be tuning in they do for most of her games in tournaments tbh, and vice versa Jessie watching the Bills games whenever she can from the VIP Box
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My niece will be in this again after being selected for the GB womens 7s squad for her 2nd Olympics.

That is amazing !!

Shame that quite a few of the competitors seem to be drug enhanced

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the Ceremony Key Team are
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Music director: Victor le Masne
Director of Dance: Maud Le Pladec
Choreographer: Maud Le Pladec
Styling and Costume director: Daphné Bürki
Head Costume Master: Olivier Bériot


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Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, estimated that 25,000 security agents will be required and that around 35,000 police officers will be deployed for the opening ceremony
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[35,000 police officers will be deployed]

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My niece will be in this again after being selected for the GB womens 7s squad for her 2nd Olympics.
Congratulations to her.

Hopefully she can get us a medal.
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the official tv intro
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c728e504xego

what to expect from the opening ceremony this friday, something not seen before, with a different than normal flag parade, on the Seine with each country their own boat on that river
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what to expect from the opening ceremony this friday, something not seen before, with a different than normal flag parade, on the Seine with each country their own boat on that river

So all the participants will be paraded on boats … going past on the river !!??


So the countries with just a handful of contestants will be in one small boat bit what happens with the USA ??

Hundreds of boats or one HUGE one ?


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what to expect from the opening ceremony this friday, something not seen before, with a different than normal flag parade, on the Seine with each country their own boat on that river
I thought they were rethinking that because of the security risks.
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we might have an appearance of Zorro in the opening ceremony, whom is played by Jean Dujardin in a new series in France



also speculation about possible guest performances by Celine Dion and Lady GaGa
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the olympic rings at the eiffel tower


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in my nation, RTL4 we have a olympic talkshow called Humberto a Paris

sports presenter Humberto Tan live from Paris

and he had a music performance by Eurovision 2021 runner up for France, Barbara Pravi whom performed La Pieva

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and she also performed her esc2021 hit Voilá
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french hurdler Sasha Zhoya has permission to wear a skirt instead of trousers during the opening ceremony

first male athlete to wear a skirt at the olympics
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I thought they were rethinking that because of the security risks.

Boats in the Sewer ridden river
I hope no one falls in.
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it are decent size boats, and perhaps bigger sized boats for the biggest country delegations like the USA, France, TeamGB, Australia


open water swimming event i won't watch, imagine swimming in water filled with crap




from my nation

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Prime Minister Dick Schoof are attending the opening ceremony


on behalf of the UK you got Princess Anne, Prime Minister Keir Starmer attending



full list of VIP's
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Argentina Javier Milei, President of Argentina[34]
Australia Anika Wells, Sports Minister of Australia[35]
Belgium King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium [36]
Brazil Rosângela Lula da Silva, First Lady of Brazil (representing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva)[37]
Brazil André Fufuca, Sports Minister of Brazil[37]
Cameroon Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (expected)
Canada Carla Qualtrough, Sports Minister of Canada[38]
Central African Republic Rodolphe Héritier Doneng, Sport Minister of the Central African Republic[39]
Chile Gabriel Boric, President of Chile[40]
China Han Zheng, Vice President of China (representing President Xi Jinping)[41]
Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, former President of Croatia[a]
Czech Republic Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic[42]
Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti[43]
Fiji Wiliame Katonivere, President of Fiji[44]
Finland Alexander Stubb, President of Finland[45]
Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany (expected)
Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece[46]
Iraq Abdul Latif Rashid, President of Iraq[47]
Republic of Ireland Simon Harris, Taoiseach of Ireland (expected)
Israel Isaac Herzog, President of Israel[48]
Italy Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic[49]
Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Kyrgyzstan[50]
Luxembourg Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg[a][51]
Maldives Hussain Mohamed Latheef, Vice President of Maldives[52]
Mexico Jesús María Tarriba, First Gentleman-elect of Mexico (representing President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum)
Monaco Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco[a]
Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, President of Mongolia[53]
Montenegro Milojko Spajic, Prime Minister of Montenegro[54]
Morocco Aziz Akhannouch, Prime Minister of Morocco (representing King Mohammed VI)[55]
Netherlands King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands[56]
Netherlands Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange[56]
Netherlands Princess Alexia of the Netherlands[56]
Netherlands Dick Schoof, Prime Minister of the Netherlands[56]
Oman Basil bin Ahmed al Rawas, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Youth for Sports and Youth of Oman[57]
Paraguay Santiago Peńa, President of Paraguay[48]
Romania Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania[58]
Senegal Diomaye Faye, President of Senegal[59]
Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Singapore[60]
Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine (representing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) (expected)
United Kingdom Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom[a] (representing King Charles III)
United Kingdom Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (expected)
United States Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States of America (representing President Joe Biden)[61]
United States Jennifer Newsom, First Partner of California[61]
From international organizations:

European Union Charles Michel, President of the European Council (expected)
UNESCO Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UNESCO (expected)
United Nations António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations[62]
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President Emmanuel Macron
First Lady Brigitte Macron
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal
COJOP2024 President Tony Estanguet
Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo
President of CNOSF and UCI David Lappartient
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Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA
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Willem-Alexander of course he attends this, he is a former IOC member either
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3 men dressed mocking sexual cartoons of women carried the torch in Paris

Countless more appropriate people and they do this

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Countless more appropriate people and they do this

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What the hell is happening to the world ?!


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Ta !

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