France's interior minister, Gerald Darmanin, praised security forces for a "event without incident" during the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Authorities deployed a massive security operation in Paris to keep the event safe, with up to 45,000 police, gendarmes, and 10,000 soldiers deployed. All Parisian bridges were closed to vehicles and pedestrians, and a vast anti-terrorism perimeter along the river banks sealed off a kilometers-long area for those without tickets.
