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PARIS — Pierre Mauroy Stadium up in Lille was full of waving flags and beating drums. At the Pub St Germain back here in Paris, it was claps and cheers and another round of beers.
There was a cycling race half a block away outside — albeit in the rain — and events across the city on the first day of the Summer Games, but inside this small establishment in the heart of the city, French fans hung on the televised images of their tallest, if not most popular, Olympic star.