The Olympic rings sit on display on Eiffel Tower ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Game
What: opening ceremony, Paris Olympics 2024
When: 7:30pm (17:30 GMT) on Friday
How to follow: Al Jazeera will have live commentary and photos of the opening ceremony as well as the build-up with what to expect.
The Paris Olympics 2024 will be officially launched on Friday with an opening ceremony in the French capital that will buck the trend of all the games that have come before it.
Here’s a breakdown of what we know ahead of what promises to be the latest in a long line of spectacularly staged curtain raisers at the Summer
Olympics:
