A bridge to cross, and that’s it! The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, on the evening of July 26 in Paris, could be reduced to a crossing of delegations of athletes on the Pont d’Iéna, between the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro. This plan was presented to the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, as option B, explained to World a source close to the organization of the Games, confirming information published on Wednesday June 12 by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“The idea is to pick up the athletes at the Olympic village in Saint-Denis and take them by bus to the foot of the Eiffel Tower”their parade taking place without an audience, while the first plan provides for 100,000 paying spectators on the lower quays of the Seine and 220,000 with free access on the high quays, a senior official explained to AFP under the cover of the ‘anonymity.
On April 15, Mr. Macron mentioned the existence of a “plan B, even [d’un] plan C », in the event of a terrorist threat, for this opening ceremony which, for the moment, is planned for 6 kilometers on the Seine. The head of state had specified that the event could be “limited to Trocadéro”or give rise to a withdrawal within the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), “because that’s what is classically done”.
River parade as plan A
This last possibility was abandoned, according to a security source cited by AFP. A few hours after Mr. Macron’s statements, an advisor to the President of the Republic, cited by Franceinfohad spoken of an option “uneducated”.
A ceremony which would be limited to a simple crossing of the Olympic delegations on the Jena bridge is however hypothetical, asserted to the World a source close to the organization of the Games. “It’s a scenario that maintains some semblance of ceremony, but the likelihood of it happening is slima security source told AFP. Basically if there is an attack between now and then, or a precise and targeted threat to the opening ceremony. »
In the meantime, the Organizing Committee for the Paris 2024 Games and the public authorities continue to prepare a river parade for July 26. Monday June 17 and Monday June 24, technical rehearsals are planned, respectively for some of the boats then all of the boats which should be mobilized at the end of July: this will involve ensuring that they move in three rows over 6 kilometers without incident. The artistic aspect of the ceremony gives rise to rehearsals in different secret locations.
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