Paris 2024 Olympics | Selfies, Eiffel Tower in the background, Zinédine Zidane in the grandstands: day three of the Champions Park in photos

On Thursday 1 August, the Champions Park of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games celebrated its third opening day. Set up to celebrate all the medallists in the competition, it once again lived up to expectations, offering magical moments in a picture-postcard setting between the Eiffel Tower and Place du Trocadéro.

A show that once again lived up to expectations. Despite fears about the weather forecast, the Champions Park of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games held firm and was finally able to welcome the athletes and the public on Thursday 1 August. The thousands of spectators who flocked to the foot of the Eiffel Tower were able to cheer on some of the Olympic heroes.

Among the French athletes on parade were BMX freestyle specialist Anthony Jeanjean, as well as fencers Alexandra Louis-Marie, Auriane Mallo-Breton, Coraline Vitalis and Marie-Florence Candassamy. On the international front, British rowers Lola Anderson and Georgina Brayshaw were among the competitors, as were Evy Leibfarth, gymnast Daiki Hashimoto, diver Rylan Wiens and triathlete Hayden Wilde. All under the watchful eye of Zinédine Zidane.