This Saturday, in Paris, the “champions parade” is being organized to celebrate the French athletes and para-athletes who shone during the Paris Games this summer.
12:30 – 70,000 people expected
This parade of champions will take place before the eyes of the 70,000 people who have obtained a ticket for this event. They will be able to gather around the Champs-Élysées to admire the passage of some 300 French athletes and around 800 members of the Olympic and Paralympic delegations.
12:00 – All tickets sold
On his account X, Paris 2024 has just announced that all tickets for the Champions Parade have been sold. There will therefore be a lot of people for this final clap of the Paris 2024 Games.
The Parade of Champions is now complete!
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Only people who have received a registration confirmation will be able to access the site. For all the Games lovers who have not received their… pic.twitter.com/Y386gJLHeu— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) September 14, 2024
11:30 – A national sports holiday?
The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macronwill be present for this “parade of champions”. He will decorate some of the athletes and para-athletes of these Paris 2024 Games from 6:30 p.m. In addition, the Head of State has already expressed his desire to create a national sports festival on September 14, similar to the Fête de la Musique. All of this is still in the form of a project, but this day could accelerate the process.
11:00 – Athletes and para-athletes who have confirmed their presence
Not all those who made us dream during these Paris 2024 Games will be able to be present for this “parade of champions”. On the other hand, some have already confirmed their presence. Léon Marchand, Teddy Riner, Antoine Dupont, Cassandre Beaugrand, the Lebrun brothers will be there, as will Sandrine Martinet, Gloria Agblemagnon and Alexis Hanquinquant.
10:30 – The full program
This “parade of champions” will take place in several stages. From 2 p.m., spectators who have obtained a ticket to watch the athletes pass on the Champs-Élysées will be able to enter the event site. From 4 p.m., the French athletes and para-athletes will go up the Parisian avenue towards Place de l’Étoile before being celebrated at 6:30 p.m. and decorated by the President of the Republic. At 9 p.m., there will be a concert with some of the artists who performed at the various ceremonies of these Paris 2024 Games before a one-hour DJ Set starting at 11 p.m.
10:00 – Hello everyone
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The French will bid a final farewell to their Olympic and Paralympic athletes this Saturday, September 14, in the streets of Paris. A grand parade is being organized on the Champs-Elysées to salute the dozens of medalists from the French delegation. The latter showed themselves to their advantage this summer to the great delight of French spectators. With 64 medals at the Olympic Games and 75 at the Paralympic Games, the record haul of French athletes and para-athletes kept France in suspense.
Teddy RinerLéon Marchand, the Lebrun brothers, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot have confirmed their presence. Many other Olympic athletes will be celebrated this Saturday in the same way as para-athletes such as Sandrine Martinet, Gloria Agblemagnon, or Alexis Hanquinquant. Volunteers and organizers of the Games will also be honored during this parade.
Schedule and program
Hostilities will begin at 4 p.m. The parade will set off on the Champs-Élysées and go up the “most beautiful avenue in the world” towards the Place de l’Étoile where a protocol ceremony will be held from 6:30 p.m. with the rekindling of the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, will then present medals before a concert begins at 9 p.m. for a duration of 2 hours with some of the artists who performed during the four ceremonies of these Paris Games.
“Surprises” and “spectacular elements” are also expected, as announced by Thierry Reboul, director of ceremonies for the Games. A particularly spectacular element of the evening will be the projection of images on both sides of the Arc de Triomphe. This staging will undoubtedly remind many of the celebrations of the victory of the French football team at the 1998 World Cup, thus creating a bridge between two historic moments in French sport.
Thierry Reboul also promises a show that will be a sort of artistic and musical “best of” of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. At 11pm a “DJ Set” will close the evening. In total, no less than 70,000 people are expected to experience this event. The free ticket office opened on Wednesday and was stormed. The parade of Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be followed live on France 2 and TF1 on television and live commentary on the Linternaute website.