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West Asian Table Tennis Championship Kicks off in Jeddah

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West Asian Table Tennis Championship Kicks off in Jeddah

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Logo of the Saudi Ministry of Sport

The West Asian Table Tennis Championship, organized by the Saudi Arabian Table Tennis Federation in cooperation with the West Asia Table Tennis Union, commenced on Friday in Jeddah, the Saudi Press Agency said on Sunday.
This marks the first time ever for the Kingdom to host such an event.
The championship will showcase 13 men's clubs and 7 women's clubs, with Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahli, and Al-Shabab clubs representing the Kingdom in the men’s category, and AlRaed Saudi in the women’s category.

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Olympic Cauldron to Rise into Paris Skies Each Night

Paris 2024 Olympics - Paris, France - July 27, 2024. A general view of the balloon and Olympic cauldron in Jardin des Tuileries. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Paris, France - July 27, 2024. A general view of the balloon and Olympic cauldron in Jardin des Tuileries. (Reuters)
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Olympic Cauldron to Rise into Paris Skies Each Night

Paris 2024 Olympics - Paris, France - July 27, 2024. A general view of the balloon and Olympic cauldron in Jardin des Tuileries. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Paris, France - July 27, 2024. A general view of the balloon and Olympic cauldron in Jardin des Tuileries. (Reuters)

The Olympic cauldron that made a stunning first flight at the Paris Games opening ceremony will sit on the ground during the day and rise again every evening.

Paris Olympics organizers said that from Saturday, the cauldron attached to a balloon will fly more than 60 meters (197 feet) above the Tuileries gardens near the glass pyramid entrance to the Louvre museum from sunset until 2 a.m.

During daytime hours, 10,000 people each day can get free tickets to approach the cauldron, which is the first in Olympic history to light up without the use of fossil fuels.

Organizers said the electric flame uses 40 LED spotlights “to illuminate the cloud created by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles.”