The Olympic rings were mounted to the iconic Parisian landmark on Friday to mark 50 days until the sports world gathers in the French capital for the quadrennial sports festival.
Thousands of athletes will parade through the city on boats on the Seine along a 6-kilometer route in the opening ceremony at sunset on July 26.The tower, nicknamed La Dame de Fer , will feature prominently in the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and the Paralympics.
Men’s and women’s beach volleyball will be played at the foot of the 330-meter monument. They will be watched by nearly 13,000 fans at the temporary Eiffel Tower Stadium on the nearby Champ de Mars, where Parisians and tourists like to have picnics on the grass or watch July 14 firework displays.Edmonton Oilers now ‘Canada’s team’ among Canadians, rival fans: pollThe Olympic and Paralympic medals in Paris are being embedded with pieces from a hexagonal chunk of iron taken from the tower.
The Olympic rings will be illuminated every night with 100,000 LED bulbs through the Paralympics, which start on Aug. 28, 17 days after the Olympic closing ceremony. The Paralympics will bring together 4,400 athletes from 180 countries in 549 events and 22 sports. Many sports will take place near landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Versailles and the Grand Palais.Viewed
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