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Paris practices for 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine

Boats sail towards the Eiffel Tower on the River Seine on 17 July 2023, during a parade to test manoeuvres, distances, duration and video capture of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. © Bertrand GUAY / AFP

Around 60 boats took part in a rehearsal on the river Seine for the opening ceremony of next year's Paris Olympics, which will be the first in history to kick off the games on water.

Just over a year from the real event, all river traffic was halted on Monday morning as dozens of boats sailed a six-kilometre route through the heart of Paris, ending opposite the Eiffel Tower.

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