The horsewoman (C) rides the Iena Bridge during the opening ceremony of the

Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024.

(Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

La délégation française, une fois sur la terre ferme.

Members of France's delegation walk on

the Iena Bridge during the opening ceremony

of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024,

as the Eiffel Tower is seen in the background.

(Photo by Martin  BERNETTI / AFP)

Les délégations se rejoignent sur la place du Trocadéro.

Athletes arrive at the Trocadero in Paris, France,

during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics,

Friday, July 26, 2024. (Photo by Petr David Josek / POOL / AFP)

Un cheval mécanique a galopé sur les 6 km du parcours sur la Seine.

Floriane Issert, a Gendarmerie non-commissioned officer of the

National Gendarmerie, rides on a metal horse up the Seine river past the

Cassation Court and Conciergerie,

during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in

Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Fabriquée par la créatrice française Jeanne Friot et l’artisan Robert Mercier,

sa tenue onirique représentait l’esprit olympique ainsi que la déesse Sequana,

symbole de résistance et divinité celtique qui habitait la Seine.