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The Independent
  • 7/26/2024
Flaming balloon cauldron marks start of 2024 Olympic GamesSource: BBC/Courtesy of Discovery+
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00:00And to the sound of perhaps the greatest and most celebrated love song, Hymn to Love, written
00:21and sung lyrically by Edith Piaf, poignant and beautiful, as the cauldron rises high
00:28above the Parisian sky.

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