The Eiffel Tower bearing the Olympics rings, lit-up ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games, in Paris on 20 July 20, 2024. Photo: AFP
The 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony introduced Parisian culture to the world in spectacular style.
For the very first time it took place on a river, with a 6km flotilla along the Seine to welcome the world to Paris.
Some are billing it as the greatest opening ceremony in Olympic history.
RNZ's sports aficionado Nathan Rarere joined Susie from Paris with the latest as the spectacle unfolds.
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