In a gaffe shortly before French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open, the five-ring Olympic flag was raised upside down at the Trocadero, across from the Eiffel Tower.

Each country's team is preceded into the Olympic Stadium by an athlete or delegation representative bearing his or her country’s flag. The flagbearer for the United States Olympic Team is normally ...

The Eiffel Tower, Olympic rings and Paris 2024 branding ... When he arrived, I was able to get three pictures of him between his arms and flags. It was definitely worth the long wait!

(Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) (ATR) Yuriko Koike says Tokyo ... understands the pressure that comes with hoisting the Olympic flag in her city. "With the world watching, I accepted ...