Buses get basketball players from Lille to Paris for 2024 opening ceremony
The United States women's National Basketball Team pose for photographs at St Pancras Station as they take the Eurostar train to Paris, ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in London, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Doug Feinberg)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Doug Feinberg]
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Train issues are not a problem for the basketball teams traveling from near the Belgium border to the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Games. Buses are a nice substitute. The French women traveled by bus. So did the Belgian Cats. Nikola Milutinov, Uros Plavsic and Filip Petrusev skipped Serbia’s morning training session and jumped on a bus as well. Arson attacks affected France’s high-speed rail network. The trip by bus can be as short as 138 miles (222 km). The Canadian men and women already had decided not to attend. Both U.S. teams are staying in Paris. LeBron James is a flag-bearer for the Americans.
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Soldiers patrol outside Gare du Nord train station at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France. Hours away from the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics, high-speed rail traffic to the French capital was severely disrupted on Friday by what officials described as "criminal actions" and sabotage. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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