On eve of Olympics ceremony, Paris is ‘ready,’ officials say

Billions of dollars, millions of tourists, and thousands of athletes and security forces are behind the Paris Olympics, which kick off Friday with a ceremony on the Seine River. The city’s first Olympic Games in a century faced some roadblocks in the run-up, from political upheaval and bad weather, to threats of COVID-19 and strike action. Lisa Bryant reports.

​Billions of dollars, millions of tourists, and thousands of athletes and security forces are behind the Paris Olympics, which kick off Friday with a ceremony on the Seine River. The city’s first Olympic Games in a century faced some roadblocks in the run-up, from political upheaval and bad weather, to threats of COVID-19 and strike action. Lisa Bryant reports. Olympics