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Rain fails to dampen magical show

July 27, 2024

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The Morning Standard

THE heavens opened up as Great Britain crossed the bridge at the end, but the excitement never dimmed.

- INDRANEEL DAS

Rain fails to dampen magical show

The egregious crowd kept cheering with all its might.

The journey of thie writer Thousands milled inside the Seine A section where Jardin Tila Rossi (a hidden park in the Seine) was converted into an embankment for spectators. There were quite a few metro stations blocked because of security reasons and Parisians had to cope with it for this. Like all ceremonies, even this was difficult to describe.

The ponchos of the athletes were out. They were drenched so were the spectators but the spirit of festivities did not end.

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