The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach promised that the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on the river Seine would be “iconic” and “unforgettable” despite ongoing security worries about the open-air river parade.
“The very meticulous, very professional approach (from French authorities) gives us all the confidence that we can have this opening ceremony on the river Seine and that this opening ceremony will be iconic, will be unforgettable for the athletes, and everybody will be safe and secure,” Bach said in an exclusive interview with AFP at the IOC’s headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday.
The hugely ambitious ceremony on July 26 remains one of the biggest doubts about the Paris Olympics.
Instead of the traditional approach of parading through the athletics stadium at the start of the Games, teams are set to sail down the Seine on a flotilla of boats in front of up to 500,000…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
