| Paris Olympics When initially awarded, these Games were meant to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the most recent Olympics in Paris and the last under the guidance of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics. After a COVID pandemic that shrunk our worlds, however, the Paris Olympics and Paralympics have become a testament to resilience. Of sport and of human spirit. The normalcy that seemed so far out of reach at the Tokyo Games, which had to be delayed by a year, and again in Beijing, which took place in an environment that was sterile in every sense of the word, has returned, and Paris will be a celebration of that as much as the amazing performances of the athletes. The Opening Ceremony will take place on the Seine, beginning just east of Notre Dame and passing by the famed cathedral that has been rebuilt after a catastrophic 2019 fire. Then the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, Les Invalides, the Grand Palais and the Eiffel Tower before finishing at the Trocadero. The Olympics will be held July 26 to Aug. 11. Check out these titles |
