{"id":21669,"date":"2024-08-08T01:03:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T01:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21669"},"modified":"2024-08-08T01:04:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T01:04:17","slug":"team-guyana-shines-at-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-2024-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/team-guyana-shines-at-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-2024-paris-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Guyana Shines at the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The 2024 Paris Olympics officially began with a spectacular opening ceremony, and Team Guyana made a memorable entrance, capturing global attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony, held along the iconic Seine River, saw Guyana\u2019s athletes proudly showcasing their national pride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dressed in elegant outfits featuring the colors of the Guyanese flag, the delegation exuded grace and unity as they sailed along the river, carrying their nation\u2019s flag high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many athletes, this was the culmination of years of dedication and hard work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana is represented by five athletes this year, competing in athletics, swimming, and table tennis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron officially opened the Games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana\u2019s Aleka Persaud and Raekwon Noel will begin their swimming events in the Women\u2019s 100m Freestyle and Men\u2019s 400m Freestyle on July 27 at the Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea Edghill will compete against Cameroon\u2019s Sarah Hanffou in the first round of table tennis on July 27 at 9:00 AM Guyana Time at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In athletics, Emanuel Archibald will run in the Men\u2019s 100m heats on August 2, and Aliyah Abrams will race in the Women\u2019s 400m heats on August 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 33rd Olympiad will continue for 19 days, from July 26 to August 11, featuring 329 events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Paris Olympics officially began with a spectacular opening ceremony, and Team Guyana made a memorable entrance, capturing global attention. The ceremony, held along the iconic Seine River, saw&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21671,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21669\/revisions\/21671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}