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The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is officially underway with Lady Gaga kicking off the party by performing to 320,000 excited spectators crowded on the banks of the River Seine. Tonight's carefully choreographed parade kicked off at UK time, with the American superstar wowing crowds as she performed a stunning Folie Bergiere style, singing entirely in French amid an plume of pink feathers. Grey and rainy skies in Paris this evening has not dampened the spirits of those in the city, who let out huge cheers as the colours of France's tricolour flag erupted from the the Pont d’Austerlitz bridge. The ceremony kicked off with a short film starring French football legend Zinedine Zidan carrying the Olympic torch before he passed it local children who emerged in real life on the river banks. Crowds were seen pouring out of windows of houses dotted along the Seine this evening as athletes begin to make their way down on a huge Flotilla of 85 boats carrying 6,800 athlet
