(29 Jul 2024)
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Paris – 29 July 2024
1. Fans queuing outside Paris La Defense Arena to watch the swimming Olympic games
2. Organizer guiding fans
3. Fans in line walking into venue
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tiffany Thompson, spectator:
“Like the atmosphere is so much fun. And everybody is so excited for their own sports and their teams to play. Since it’s been such a long time, I feel like it’s even more exciting now than it was before COVID.”
5. Fans walking inside barriers into venue
6. Mid of Paris 2024 signage as people walk in
7. Mid of police on horsebacks
8. SOUNDBITE(English) Maelys Nizan, spectator:
"I think it’s really exciting after Covid to see, like so many people in the street in Paris. So I feel like the atmosphere is really nice. I feel like a lot of Parisians were a bit afraid of the security issues, especially like after everything that happens this past month. Everything seems to be going smoothly right now.”
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Paris – 28 July 2024
9. People in line to enter an Olympic venue
10. Various of spectator Hiromu Inoue
11. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Hiromu Inoue, spectator:
“Tokyo Olympics was held without any spectators, so it lacked the excitement. But here with a number of spectators, I really feel the excitement in the venues.”
12. Various of people in line
14. Pan up of Eiffel Tower
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Paris – 29 July 2024
15. Various of people in line to watch tennis
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Frances Namusee, spectator:
“It’s just nice getting people back together and seeing everybody come together. I expected it to be a lot more crowded than it is. So its kind of been nice getting around, not very crowded. But at the same time seeing everybody come together. Sports is one of the things that brings everybody together. It’s one of the things we all have in common.”
17. Various of worker directing people
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sandy Maureemootoo, spectator:
“I see people were really willing to come here and to get the ambiance of the real Olympic games. So, we can feel it everywhere. In the streets, in the stadium, everywhere we can get it. It’s so exciting. “
19. Various of people in line
STORYLINE:
From the judo mat to the swimming pool, the star-studded stands at gymnastics and every venue in between and beyond, the Olympic fans have returned to the Games in raucous fashion in Paris.
The Paris Olympics are the first with spectators since the COVID-19 pandemic forced Tokyo in 2021 and Beijing in 2022 to host their Games with eerily empty venues.
The sounds in Paris are strikingly different than Tokyo, where athletes complaining about the scorching heat could be plainly heard and opponents could eavesdrop as masked coaches of rivals gave instructions.
In Paris, it is a flag-waving, chanting crowd that sings and dances as the fans cheer on the athletes.
"The atmosphere is so much fun. And everybody is so excited for their own sports and their teams to play. Since it’s been such a long time, I feel like it’s even more exciting now than it was before COVID.”, Tiffany Thompson, a spectator, said.
“Tokyo Olympics was held without any spectators, so it lacked the excitement. But here with a number of spectators, I really feel the excitement in the venues.”, Hiromu Inoue said.
AP Video by Ahmed Hatem; Andrea Rosa; Tanya Titova
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