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2024 Paris Olympics Launches With a Stunning, Unique and Très French Opening Ceremony: TV Review
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris paid homage to the athletes and the majesty of culture in the City of Light.
The ceremony launched with French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane jogging through the streets, carrying the lighted torch down into the Paris Metro and emerging on the Seine via sailboat in a gorgeous explosion of blue, white and red hovering above the river. Peacock announcers Kelly Clarkson, Peyton Manning and Mike Tirico added quips and commentary about the delegations and performances, but beyond offering context and identifying figures on screen, their chatter was mostly dull and unneeded, taking away from the majestic nature of the event. Since Team USA and its 594 competitors were one of the last delegations to join the parade, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Snoop Dogg and Maria Taylor ably made small talk with Olympians like basketball star Steph Curry, who is experiencing his first and likely only Olympics.
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