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Riyadh to Host International Modern Pentathlon Union’s Congress in 2024

The Executive Board of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne has unanimously agreed that Riyadh will host the union’s General Assembly in November 2024.
The Executive Board of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne has unanimously agreed that Riyadh will host the union’s General Assembly in November 2024.
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Riyadh to Host International Modern Pentathlon Union’s Congress in 2024

The Executive Board of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne has unanimously agreed that Riyadh will host the union’s General Assembly in November 2024.
The Executive Board of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne has unanimously agreed that Riyadh will host the union’s General Assembly in November 2024.

The Executive Board of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has unanimously agreed that Riyadh will host the union’s General Assembly (Congress) in November 2024, SPA said on Saturday.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia submitted its bid to host the UIPM Congress on March 14 and successfully finalized all necessary commitments and approvals by September of this year.
Saudi Modern Pentathlon Federation President Nasser Al-Dughether voiced gratitude to the Saudi leadership for its unwavering support.
He also commended Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz, the Minister of Sports and President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, as well as Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, the committee’s vice-president, for their close monitoring.

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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)

The Paris Olympics look likely to get off to a soggy start.

Meteo-France, the French weather service, is predicting “flooding rains” Friday evening when the opening ceremony is set to unroll along the Seine River. But the show is set to go on as planned, starting at 1:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CEST and should last more than three hours.

Already in the late afternoon, skies were gray with intermittent drizzle. There was a silver lining, though, with temperatures expected to stay relatively warm throughout the evening.

Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). Though 10,700 athletes are expected to compete at these Olympics, hundreds of soccer players are based outside Paris, surfers are in Tahiti and many have yet to arrive for their events in the second week, organizers said Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including 320,000 paying and invited ticket-holders, are expected to line the Seine’s banks as athletes are paraded along the river on boats.