Three years after the official announcement, the highly anticipated day is almost here. The Paris Olympics opening ceremony is set to begin on Friday at 7:30 pm local time. For the first time in history, the ceremony will unfold along the Seine River rather than in a stadium, drawing an audience of over 300,000 spectators. More than one billion viewers are expected to tune in around the world. Over 10,000 athletes from 206 delegations will glide along the river on nearly 100 boats for a spectacle lasting almost four hours. It’s a meticulous organisation that required more than three years of p…