The 2024 Paris Olympic opening ceremony kicked off at 7:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. ET) on Friday after suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network.
Athletes of Team United States wave flags on the athletes' parade team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Paris, France, on July 26, 2024. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Athletes from US delegation wave flags as they sail on a boat along the river Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images)
Florent Manaudou and Melina Robert-Michon, Flagbearers of Team France, wave their flag on a boat with team mates along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
An aerial view of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral as delegations boats navigates on the Seine past the Ile de la Cite Island (front R), Saint-Louis Island (rear R) and Centre Pompidou museum (L) during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Lionel Bonaventure/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Team Greece on the boat during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on the Seine river in Paris, France, on July 26, 2024. (Jasper Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images)
Athletes from the Refugee Olympic Team's delegation sail in a boat along the river Seine, past the Pont des Arts footbridge and the Institut de France during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
Spectators on a bridge over the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Paris on July 26, 2024. (Zhang Yuwei-Pool/Getty Images)
The delegations from Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chile, and China sail on a boat during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and his wife, Brigitte Macron (L), stand at Elysee presidential palace court before a reception given for heads of state and governments ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Valentine Chapuis/AFP via Getty Images)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) and Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) attend the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)
Nathalie Grospiron (L) and Edgar Grospiron attend the red carpet ahead of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
