Music icon Celine Dion braved her health condition to perform during a spectacular Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday night also featuring a slew of legends passing the torch till it gets to the Olympic cauldron.
Among the torch bearers were French football legend and 1998 World Cup winner, Zinedine Zidane, who received the flame from King of Clay Rafael Nadal during the ceremony.
23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams, former Olympic sprint champion Carl Lewis, and hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg also helped the torch on its way to the cauldron in a glitzy showcase in Paris.
The French capital’s most famous monument, the Eiffel Tower, was not left out in the spectacle, getting treated to some eye-catching light works while sporting the Olympic rings as the Parisian night lit up.
Check out more beautiful photos from the ceremony here:
Eiffel Tower spectacularly lit up for the Olympics
Olympic Cauldron has been lit, let the Games begin
Flags of participating nations at the ceremony
Celine Dion performing under the Olympic Rings
Snoop Dogg also took the torch along the way to the cauldron
Zidane at the ceremony with the torch