Paris prepares for an Olympics opening ceremony like no other on the River Seine
Action has already got underway in preliminary competitions in sports like rugby sevens, archery and handball.
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Paris is preparing for an Olympics opening ceremony like no other on the River Seine on Friday night.
But the action has already got under way in Paris with preliminary competitions taking place in sports including rugby sevens, handball and archery.
Here the PA news agency looks back at a day on which the eagerly-awaited Games in the French capital began to creak into life.
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