Olympics | Dark skies and train issues forgotten as Paris 2024 opening ceremony gets underway

PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic Games are about sport, and they are about more than sport. "Sport is health. Sport is inclusion. Sport is respect. Sport is empowerment. Sport is solidarity. Sport is peace," IOC President Thomas Bach commented two days before Friday's opening ceremony for the Paris Olympic Games.

An ambitious ceremony on a scale never tried before, presenting numerous logistical and securi