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58 year old Zhiying Zeng will make Olympic debut for Chile in Table Tennis. This will be Chile's first participation in Olympics table tennis . Around 1986 , Zeng was to represent China but the game's governing body brought the two colour pad rule while Zeng used single colour

I miss the Tonga flagbearer who used to come bare chested covered in oil shining with sexy muscles

You mean Team Great Britain is a small nation?

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That masked man carrying the flame seems to be a copy of Assassin's creed The masked man carrying the Olympic flame is a copy cat of the Assassin's creed

The name of the performing artists are not shown in the broadcast.

Following archers are carrying their country's flag at the opening ceremony Bangladesh: Sagor Islam Estonia: Reena Parnat Guinea: Sylla Fatoumata Moldova: Dan Olaru and Alexandra Mirca Chad: Israel Madaye Czechia: Marie Horackova Türkiye: Mete Gazoz

Indian broadcast has a universal view, drone view and indian contingent view.

Any idea who is this masked guy? Will it be revealed at the end? Is it a surprise?

Why are they risking athletes under the rain? What if they catch cold before their scheduled games?

Why were so many Italians allowed to be on the boat? Is it something to do with some proportion or ratio with respect to the total Olympic contingent of that country?

initially was allowed 68 athletes in the opening ceremony due to space constraint in the boat. Now 10 more athletes are allowed. The Indian officials managed tickets for a total of 78 athletes at the opening ceremony.

Biles will attempt a skill on uneven bars that no one's done yet, the International Gymnastics Federation said Friday. If successful, it would be the sixth skill named for Biles and would give her one on every event. She has two skills each on vault and floor exercise, and one on balance beam. Skills are named for the first gymnast who does them successfully at a major international meet. Biles begins competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday with qualifications, but she could do it at any point during the Games to have it named for her.

Opening ceremony outfit for team Nepal

They have been heavily criticised for using non sustainable fabric in the dress and also digitally printing the design specially when India is a land of age old weavers and it was a good platform to showcase India's weaving heritage to the entire world.

Indian flagbearers ready for the opening ceremony

There is supposedly a shortage of protein rich food , specially eggs at the Game's village. The official catering partner at the Game's village, Sodexo Live! confirmed a very high demand of eggs and shortage of ration. The Carrefour group which is the food supplier to the village told the BBC group that it is increasing supply of eggs compared to what was initially planned.

Basel- Mulhouse airport at the Franco Swiss border also evacuated due to bomb threat.

@nitinsankerI only read the table tennis preview from your end. And I must say it is not a comprehensive one. You mentioned about beating Chinese opponents in the recent past. But the point here is that this is the first time that the Indian contingent is without their powerhouse West Bengal. And beating those Chinese opponents have huge contributions from them be it Sutirtha or Ayhika Coming to match against Romania, Manika Batra has beaten their top ranked player thrice in their last 4 encounters. Even India's next 2 ranked players like Sreeja Akula and others are better ranked than Romanian counterparts. One important aspect is the controversial choice of Manika Batra's doubles partner selection , the girl from Karnataka - Kamath The team will be bolstered by the presence of their former and lucky Italian coach The team will want to give a fitting tribute to the old horse and flag bearer Achanta Sharath Kamal. The team would like to play for him. Why can't the boys take a cue from the girls to play bravely against China? Imagine what will be the team morale if they conquer China in the 1st round. Last but not the least , Harmeet Desai is in the form of his life. We can expect the unexpected from him even if he is the only few to be playing the preliminary round.

This swimming arena is the only newly constructed venue in Paris 2024. For other sports, existing venues or spaces are utilised.

contingent size at the opening ceremony will be 68 due to space constraint in the boat

There has been coordinated malicious attacks on the Paris Railway network to delay sports fan from coming to the opening ceremony Arson attack on France trains Eurostar

Australian Rugby 7 player's native designed undies and boots has done it for them. They have entered the medal 🏅 matches for the first time in Olympics Maurice Longbottom wears native designed undies and boots as match superstition

leads 10-0 against at halfway mark

Fiji through to the Semifinals. 💔 For Ireland