Director and choreographer Ilya Averbukh, an Olympic silver medalist in figure skating, said that in their quest for tolerance, the organizers of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics lost the main essence of the event. His words are a guide “Match TV”.
“The Olympics are a world event where people from different cultures, religions and traditions participate. And there was a complete lack of respect for this world history. It seemed controversial, to say the least. The feeling of evil behaviour has not gone away, unfortunately,” he said.
The opening ceremony took place on the Seine River on July 26. socialbites.ca edited a text online broadcast Events.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee issued an appeal to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes should not be allowed to participate in any competitions. The organization decided to accept Russians and Belarusians as neutral athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games at the end of 2023. To participate, they had to meet a number of conditions and qualify.
July 18 IOC published Full list of Russian athletes accepted to the Olympic Games 2024. Total – 15 people.
Previously Lera Kudryavtseva named Opening of the Olympics with the Devil’s Ball.