Salma Hayek appeared in high spirits as she waved to fans during the Paris Olympics torch relay in Versailles on Tuesday.
The actress, 57, chose an activewear ensemble including a white and orange top, teamed with matching cargo trousers.
Salma completed the look with white trainers and styled her brunette locks up in a quirky ponytail as she walked through the streets ahead of the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony will take place on Friday, with over 10,000 athletes gathering on boats on the Seine River.
With more than half a million Olympic tickets remaining unsold, there is still time for anyone wanting to travel to Paris to catch the action.
Salma Hayek appeared in high spirits as she waved to fans during the Paris Olympics torch relay in Versailles on Tuesday
The actress, 57, chose an activewear ensemble including a white and orange top, teamed with matching cargo trousers
Organisers have confirmed that between 500,000 and 600,000 tickets were still able to be purchased on Sunday, five days before the Games opens.
They include tickets for the coveted 100m final session on August 4, although they will set you back at least £240.
Up to 4,000 seats are also still available for Friday’s opening ceremony on the River Seine, but the only tickets remaining are in the most expensive categories, which costs between £758 and £2,300.
The majority of unsold tickets are for the football but most sports, including cycling, swimming, rowing and gymnastics, had tickets available last night.
Getting there, return Eurostar tickets from London St Pancras tomorrow start at £243, with rail bosses putting on additional services during the Games.
And while hotels have increased in price – with some as much as four times more – there are still plenty of rooms available, including at the citizenM Paris Opera, near Boulevard Haussmann, which has suites from £242 per night.
There is also space at the four-star Les Jardins du Marais near Place de la Republique, with a classic room available for £350 a night.
Salma completed the look with white trainers and styled her brunette locks up in a quirky ponytail as she walked through the streets ahead of the opening ceremony
The opening ceremony will take place on Friday, with over 10,000 athletes gathering on boats on the Seine River
Flights from London Gatwick to Paris Orly start at £136 while a return from Birmingham to Paris Charles de Gaulle is just £108, departing on Thursday.
Organisers confirmed at a press conference that more than 20 sports have seats spare.
It said this was down to the late releases of tickets and ‘contingency planning’.
So far, Paris has sold 8.8million tickets and the city was buzzing yesterday, as fans from around the world started to arrive.
Tony Estanguet, Paris 2024 president and three-time Olympic champion canoeist, dismissed any suggestion that ticket availability reflected lack of interest.
There are often empty seats at some big stadium events such as the football.
At London 2012, 264,000 tickets went unsold despite huge demand.
The Paris ticket prices adjusted for inflation are cheaper than those for London 2012.
Paris is also doing significantly better than Rio 2016 at this stage, when Brazil organisers were still attempting to shift 1.3million tickets.
There were no spectators at all at Tokyo 2020 due to Covid restrictions.
Organisers have confirmed that between 500,000 and 600,000 tickets were still able to be purchased on Sunday, five days before the Games opens
Mr Estanguet explained that many tickets still on sale were available thanks to ‘contingency’.
‘In total at the beginning, we had 10 million tickets but we took 20 per cent of the total numbers in contingency,’ he said.
Over the past six months, ‘new ticket opportunities’ had been released, he added.
‘That’s why there are still tickets available one week before because now we now have the final plan of the delivery,’ he said.
