The main surprises at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will definitely give up the tennis player with a statue at Roland Garros, the headquarters of the tournament that hosts the Olympic event.
The fourteen-time champion in the clay temple, double Olympic gold (individual in Beijing 2008 and double in Rio 2016), was one of the great protagonists of the opening.
Suddenly, in its final part, the Olympic torch was given to Zinedine Zidane who walked a few steps until he unexpectedly met Rafael Nadalwearing the uniform of the Spanish delegation.
The tennis player with 22 Grand Slam crowns followed a good part of the parade of teams across the Seine River from a building with his family, including his son. Raphael.
He took the Olympic flame, disappeared into the darkness, to reappear in a boat with other legends like the tennis player Serena WilliamsThe athlete Carl Lewis and the gymnast Nadia Comaneci.
They carried the torch ashore, where the former tennis player and director of Roland Garros was waiting. Amelie Mauresmowho ran through the streets of the city in one of the relays on the way to the cauldron.
Source: La Verdad
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