Rings And Things: The Start Of The 2024 Summer Olympics

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

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Summary

The 2024 Summer Olympics are nearly here.

The host city, Paris, will kick off the Games with an opening ceremony on Friday. A flotilla of boats will make its way down the city's river, the Seine.

This is the first in a special 1A series we're bringing you this week about the Summer Olympics, called "Rings and Things.

"We'll take part of the show over the next four days to bring you the Olympics from a new angle. A different story embedded in this massive, international competition.

We examine how Paris prepared and the challenges that could still remain for the city during the 16 days of competition. We also look at what sports and athletes you should keep an eye out for.

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0:19.8	from Boise State Public Radio, part of the NPR Network. The 2024 Summer Olympics are nearly here.
0:36.5	Paris will kick off the games with an opening ceremony on Friday.
0:40.9	It's planned to be a flotilla of boats drifting down the river
0:44.2	Sen in the heart of Paris. That's going to be amazing. This week we're bringing you
0:48.4	a special one-a series about the Summer Olympics. It's called Rings and Things.
0:54.0	It's apt.
0:55.0	Over the next four days, we'll take a closer look at the Olympics from a new angle,
1:00.0	a different story every day embedded in this massive international competition.
1:05.2	Today we're going to start with how Paris prepared to host the games and the challenges
1:09.0	that could remain for the city during the 16 days of competition. We'll also look at what sports and
1:15.0	athletes you should be keeping an eye on and yes we'll ask the question on
1:19.4	everybody's mind is the River Sen safe to swim in?
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