The opening ceremony is on Friday, however the Olympic Video games start on Wednesday

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Video games will happen in Paris on Friday night time (7.30pm). As a substitute, the athletes can be taken throughout the Seine in boats.

When that occurs, the Olympic Video games have already been happening for greater than 48 hours. The primary elements are already on this system on Wednesday. How precisely does that work?

The Olympic Video games start actually subsequent Wednesday, when the boys’s soccer match begins with the matches Argentina-Morocco and Uzbekistan-Spain (each at 3pm). Half an hour later, the boys’s sevens rugby match additionally begins with the Australia-Samoa match.

A day later, on Thursday, archery and handball will even be added.

However why do these sports activities begin earlier than the opening ceremony?

That is for a sensible cause: comparatively many video games are performed in soccer, rugby, archery and handball, as they work with preliminary rounds and group phases. Due to this fact these competitions begin a little bit earlier, in order that they’ve a enjoying schedule with sufficient relaxation days.

The Netherlands haven’t certified for soccer and rugby, so the orange jersey won’t be seen in Wednesday’s Olympic competitions. That’s the case on Thursday.

In archery, the ladies’s {qualifications} (Gaby Schloesser, Laura van der Winkel and Quinty Roeffen) can be held within the morning and the boys’s {qualifications} (Steve Wijler) can be held within the afternoon.

The handball match additionally begins. The Dutch ladies have certified for this and can begin the match on Thursday at 11am with a match in opposition to Angola. That can be on the Sud 6 Area in Paris.

After two sports activities days on Wednesday and Thursday, you possibly can name Friday the primary day of relaxation. The Olympic schedule was held utterly free that day for the opening ceremony, which begins at 7:30 p.m.

The boats on which the athletes are making a pleasant journey on the Seine. The route takes them previous the Île Saint Louis and the Île de la Cité and ends on the Jardins du Trocadéro, the place the Olympic flame is lit.

Followers in Paris who cannot get a seat on the water needn’t fear. Eighty mega screens can be positioned within the heart of Paris to indicate the opening ceremony.