Paris starts one-year count down to 2024 Olympics

The Star

As the leap year countdown to the opening of Paris 2024 Olympic Games kicked off on Wednesday (July 26), French people and tourists in the capital said they can feel the excitement.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:30 I'm 44 years old, so the Olympic Games are usually on TV.

00:34 It's the first time in my life that I'll get to see them in real life.

00:37 I think it will only happen once in my life, so I'm looking forward to it.

00:40 You know, when an event is approaching you,

00:45 it's like the journey towards the event is so exciting

00:50 that you never understand how time flies.

00:53 So that's what excites people more.

00:56 I'm so excited. This will absolutely be one that I tune in.

01:00 I just learned that under the Eiffel Tower, they're doing the beach volleyball competition.

01:04 So I can only imagine what that's going to look like.

01:07 I know they're doing some of the football tournament in Nice,

01:10 and I just think France is so beautiful. It's such a beautiful scenery.

01:14 You get a little bit of everything, the culture.

01:16 Just being here on vacation is a blast, so I can only imagine how exciting the Olympic Games will be.

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