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Paris Olympics kick off amid fans' excitiment and logistic hassles
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24/07/2024
The first men’s football and rugby sevens matches were underway as fans began flocking to the French capital for the Olympic Games.
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The Paris Olympics have officially started with the first games in football and rugby
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sevens on Wednesday.
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So how come some of these games are starting two days before the opening ceremony that's
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scheduled for Friday night?
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Well that's to ensure the athletes' resting time and also to ensure that all of the matches
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are played before August 11th when the closing ceremony is scheduled.
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And according to the rules, a minimum of three days rest must separate two matches involving
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the same team.
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There's excitement for the opening of the competitions, although some fans lament organization
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problems and hassles.
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Do you feel like these games have been well organized for the moment?
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Like the fluidity, public transport, I don't know how you got here.
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Yeah, the public transport is good, but then the stadium here is a bit messy, there's no
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fences and stuff like...
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I'm very lucky because for my 60th birthday this year, my whole family got together to
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have the goal of having one sporting event a day, one place, one different place.
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So every day I go to an event.
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Today I start with rugby sevens, tomorrow I do handball, and I do a lot of things.
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And then to see the games is something fabulous for me, it's a dream.
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We're just unhappy about doing touristy things and all the blockages that we encountered.
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We downloaded the app that said, you know, don't go here, don't go here, take this train
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instead of that.
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It's already a great moment to share, surely.
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Today, rugby sevens is a great example, full of matches, very fast, full of teams, full
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of nations.
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So it's always a joy to meet other countries.
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