Anyone watching the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics saw Greece's athletes sail out onto the Seine River ahead of the rest of the countries competing. Why did Greece go first?

The 2024 Paris Olympics kicked off with an opening ... Kelly Clarkson should have been benched as opening ceremony co-hosts ...

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, nearly 7,000 athletes floated ... red and white flares going up to begin the opening ceremony. Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, is first up in the ...

Greece and France were the bookends of ... that is the climax of the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony. The hot-air balloon holding the Olympic flame in the Paris sky is a remarkable sight ...

Greece was the first delegation ... The last time it rained at a Summer Olympics opening ceremony was at the 1952 Games in Helsinki, according to NBC broadcasters. Seventy-two years later ...

The Olympics opening ceremony kicks off off on July 26 ... the Parade of Nations country order for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Greece is the originator of the ancient Olympic Games, so it ...

Editor’s note: Follow Olympics opening ceremony live updates ... As has been the case for previous Olympics opening ceremonies, Greece will lead the procession, followed by the Refugee Olympic ...

The 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris has sparked international ... who relayed the Olympic flame as it started in Greece, passed through French territories and made its way to Paris.

Once it reached the Eiffel Tower — after starting in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics — Nadal was ... rises to conclude the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 ...

2024 Olympics opening ceremony date and time ... Each of the 205 countries will enter on a float. As is tradition, Greece will lead off the parade, as the birthplace of the Olympic Games, then ...

Traditionally, the closing ceremony begins with the Parade of Flags, in which athletes from each nation walk with their flag into the stadium. Since the Olympics originated in Greece, the Greek ...