The five Olympic rings have been placed atop Paris’s famous Eiffel Tower as the multisport spectacular gets off with a magnificent opening ceremony on Friday.

At 11:00 PM IST, the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony will begin. It will also be shown live on television in India.

First off, the opening ceremony won’t take place inside a stadium, according to Olympics.com. In the center of Paris, by the Seine River, will take place the customary Parade of Nations.

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On over 100 boats, more than 10,000 Olympic participants will be sailing down the Seine, passing by some of the most famous sites in Paris, including Notre Dame, the Pont des Arts, the Pont Neuf, and more.

Starting at the Austerlitz Bridge next to the Jardin des Plantes, this floating procession will culminate at the Trocadero, where the last Olympic-related ceremonies and performances will take place.

It is anticipated that the event would last over three hours.

As creative director, French theater director and actor Thomas Jolly is in charge of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies.

The Indian contingent will be led by two-time Olympian PV Sindhu and multiple Olympic, Commonwealth, and Asian Games medallist Achanta Sharath Kamal, who will carry the tricolour in their hands as they lead the flag-bearers.

India hopes to surpass its record seven medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which included javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s historic first-ever gold in the sport of athletics. In all, 112 participants from 16 different disciplines will compete in 69 events while donning the tricolor. Additionally, five reserve athletes will compete.

In keeping with the Indian flag, female athletes will be clothed in matching sarees, while males will be clad in traditional kurta-bundi combinations. The clothing includes Banarasi brocade and designs with Ikat influences.

Notably, the men’s and women’s archery ranking rounds marked the beginning of the Indian delegation’s Olympic adventure on Thursday.

The men’s archery team from India, which consists of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav, qualified straight for the event’s quarterfinals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris after placing third with 2013 points on Thursday.

China came in fourth with 1998 points, behind France (2025 points) in second place and South Korea (2049 points) at the top of the standings. All four teams, including India, have advanced straight to the competition’s quarterfinals.

Starting in eleventh place, Dhiraj made an amazing recovery to finish in fifth place. Tarundeep Rai also made the most of his opportunity, finishing in fourteenth place. Pravin Jadhav, the third archer from India, failed to get traction and ended up in forty-ninth place. But all in all, they managed to propel India to third place.

Additionally, by finishing in fourth position with 1983 points, the women’s team, which consists of Bhajan Kaur, Deepika Kumari, and Ankita Bhakat, qualified straight for the event’s quarterfinals at the Olympics in Paris.

With 2046 points, South Korea was victorious in the Women’s Archery Ranking Round, behind only China (1996) and Mexico (1986). Ankita Bhakat, representing India, secured the 11th seed in the women’s archery competition with a season-high 666 points. The top two women archers in the women’s ranking were South Koreans Lim Sihyeon (694), a world record, and Nam Suhyeon (688), a personal best. Bhajan took the 22nd position for India, while Deepika took the 23rd place.