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Saudi Assistant Minister of Sport Inaugurates Junior, Cadet Fencing World Championships in Riyadh

The 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships at King Saud University's Arena Hall in Riyadh. SPA
The 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships at King Saud University's Arena Hall in Riyadh. SPA
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Saudi Assistant Minister of Sport Inaugurates Junior, Cadet Fencing World Championships in Riyadh

The 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships at King Saud University's Arena Hall in Riyadh. SPA
The 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships at King Saud University's Arena Hall in Riyadh. SPA

Assistant Minister of Sport Abdul Ilah bin Saad Al-Dallak has inaugurated the 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships at King Saud University's Arena Hall in Riyadh on behalf of the Minister of Sport and Chairman of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC), Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal.

The event was held on Friday in the presence of Saudi Fencing Federation President and Chairman of the Supreme Organizing Committee of the Championships Ahmed Alsabban, International Fencing Federation (FIE) Vice President Abdelmoneim El-Husseiny, and SOPC Board Member and Saudi Equestrian Federation President (SAEF) Prince Abdullah bin Fahd bin Abdullah.

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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.