The sprawling ceremony is being held under rainy skies. Earlier, coordinated arson attacks disrupted service on three high-speed links to Paris, causing delays affecting more than a million travelers.
The arson attacks were carefully planned to cause maximum disruption on a train network so vast it is virtually impossible to fully secure.
Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.
The N.B.A. star LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and the tennis star Coco Gauff were chosen by their peers to lead the United States at the opening ceremony in Paris.
Gojira, a popular French band, became the first hard rock act to perform in an Olympic Games opening ceremony when it did a metal version of “Ah! Ça Ira,” a song that was popular during the French Revolution.
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