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Paris 2024 organisers are expecting at least 600,000 people to attend the Summer Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine as athletes and delegations will sail along the river in the prelude to the Games.
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Athletes will be tested daily while Games participants won’t be allowed to take public transport in the latest “playbook” of rules announced for the Tokyo Olympics.
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