Eyes on France to better LA’s rocketman to London’s skyfall starting spectacle


PARIS: As Paris prepares for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on July 26 with what promises to be a spectacular parade of boats along the river Seine, AFP looks back at memorable Olympics curtain raisers of the past.

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