Foreign press condemns Olympic opening ceremony: “It was a disaster”

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, held on July 26, has become an inexhaustible source of comment. For the first time in history, the opening ceremony took place on the River Seine and not in the traditional stadium. This innovation has been praised and criticized in equal measure. One of the most demanding of the neighboring country has been New York Post which condemns the Games ceremony as a boring, soggy disaster.

“The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics was a boring, soggy mess“, headlines the New York Post hours after the inauguration. The aforementioned media also criticizes the parade of athletes on boats. “The start of the quadrennial athletic competition aimed at promoting world unity It was dull, ill-conceived and choppy. The excited spectators were spread out over nearly four miles, so that their proud applause could hardly be heard.“, they sentenced.

In the diary The Sun They have not given a good opinion of the opening ceremony of the Games in the French capital. However, they have praised the moving performance of Celine Dion at the top of the Eiffel Tower. “The soaked British team floats down the Seine in A chaotic Paris 2024 opening ceremony in the rain while Celine Dion dazzles at the Eiffel Tower“, they said.

The Spanish stamp at the opening ceremony

Without diminishing the importance of the 383 Spanish athletes who will be seeking a medal at these Olympic Games and who paraded aboard the twenty-fifth boat, the opening ceremony had a Spanish stamp with the surprise appearance of Rafael Nadalwho took the Olympic flame from Zinedine Zidane. Felipe VI y Joy They did not want to miss the opening ceremony either. The monarch and his consort, seated in the stands of the authorities at Trocadero, were elated when the Spanish athletes passed by the Seine.