Security arrangements for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on 26 July are being presented at a press conference with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris Prefect Laurent Nuñez and Olympic chief..
Given the Paris Olympics this year is the first Summer Olympics to open outside a stadium with a 3.7 mile journey ending at the Eiffel Tower, The Athletics reports, the ceremony will be scaled back..
Police present security measures to safeguard immense Olympics opening ceremony
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