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As the Paris Olympics 2024 kicked off with much fanfare on Friday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared an interesting video of astronauts “pretending to be athletes” in space. The nearly two-minute video by Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams showed astronauts practising their favourite sport inside the International Space Station (ISS).
The video begins with heroic background music, with several ISS astronauts seen holding the Olympic torch individually. Later, all of them can be seen warming up to practice different sports inside the space station, such as sprinting, weightlifting, aerobatics, etc.
Finally, one of the astronauts concluded the video by sharing the team’s experience of practicing as “athletes in space.” He also said that weight lifting and doing other physical activities are comparatively easier due to weightlessness. “We got the benefit of weightlessness. We cannot imagine how hard it would be to become a world-class athlete under real gravity. So from all of us aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to every athlete participating in the Olympic Games, God bless,” said a NASA astronaut in the video.
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More than 6,000 athletes will compete in the Summer Olympics, which began in Paris on Friday. The opening ceremony was held in the city and thousands of athletes rowed on the Seine River.
The spectacle began with a dreamy twist to tradition when the ‘Parade of Nations’ kicked off proceedings, with athletes from 205 countries and a refugee contingent crossing the Seine river on boats despite heavy rain that threatened to play spoilsport before and during the ceremony. French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open, marking the formal start of competitions for the next 16 days. The highlight of the unconventional and daring opening ceremony was undoubtedly the athletes’ march on the Seine river.
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Published: July 27, 2024, 12:19 pm IST
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