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The descendants of the Eiffel Tower's designer, Gustave Eiffel, are prepared to fight against plans to leave the Olympic rings on the tower, as proposed by the mayor of Paris.

Setting out to prove that topping Paris isn't mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving Tom Cruise, Grammy winner Billie Eilish and other stars on Sunday as it took over Olympic hosting duties from the French capital, which closed out its 2024 Games just as they started - with joy and panache.

A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River.

A historic boat parade down the River Seine launched the Paris Olympics with spectacular French flair Friday, as the City of Light welcomed the world's greatest athletes for a sporting extravaganza.

The Eiffel Tower, attacked by rust and well behind on its maintenance schedule, has taken center stage in a power struggle between the Paris mayor and her main rival, the French minister of culture.

A five-day strike at the Eiffel Tower this month drew attention to the monument's bad state of repair.

The medals awarded at the 2025 Paris Olympics and Paralympics will feature a hexagon-shaped piece of iron taken from the original Eiffel Tower in their centre, organisers said as they unveiled the design on Feb. 8.

The Eiffel Tower, one of the world's top tourist attractions, was closed on Dec. 27 after staff went on strike, the landmark's operator said.

The one-day stoppage on the 100th anniversary of the death of engineer Gustave Eiffel, who built the tower, was to protest against "the current way it is managed," the hard-left CGT union said in a statement.

The 2024 Paris Olympics' opening ceremony will be held on the famed River Seine, taking place outside of a sports venue for the first time in the Games' history. But for the booksellers who have found a centuries-old sanctuary on the riverbanks, that day is all but ceremonious.

Paris 2024 organizers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.

He said it would be like the Nazi occupation forces had taken the Eiffel Tower