Last minute preparations for the Olympics opening ceremony are taking place this morning along the Seine, where Coco Gauff and LeBron James will carry the stars and strips Friday.
Security is tight with police from around the world mixing with units of French soldiers. Sound systems are being tested and live broadcast camera crews are rehearsing.
The man responsible for the Eiffel Tower will have one of the best seats in the house for a history-making Opening Ceremony. From the second floor of the world famous landmark he points out the route.
“The boats will come through the heart of Paris,” Eiffel Tower president Jean Francois Martins says, as he looks toward Notre Dame cathedral in the distance. “And they will go all along the River Seine, past the Louvre museum.”
Coco Gauff has spoken of her pride after being confirmed as Team USA’s female flagbearer for Friday’s Olympics opening ceremony.
A big basketball fan, Gauff will carry the flag alongside hoops legend LeBron James during Friday’s procession on the Seine in Paris. The pair are at opposite ends of their sporting careers — when Gauff was born in 2004, James had already played 62 NBA games for the Cleveland Cavaliers, having been drafted a year earlier.
