(FILES) This handout illustration released on December 15, 2021 by Paris 2024 Olympic Committee shows Paris Olympics opening ceremony on July 26, 2024, which will take part on the River Seine, breaking the long-held Summer Games tradition of a stadium procession of athletes and officials. Olympic chiefs announced on March 19, 2024 that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer’s Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. Neutral athletes from either country “will not participate in the parade of delegations and teams during the opening ceremony since they are individual athletes”, IOC director James McCloud said after an executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne. (Photo by Florian Hulleu / Paris 2024 / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO /Florian HULLEU / Paris 2024” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
