The French athletes who took part in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be in Paris on Saturday, September 14, for a final parade. After Marseille, which celebrated the arrival of the Olympic flame in early May, and after the opening and closing ceremonies, it’s time for this fifth and final ceremony with the champions’ parade. Some 286 Olympic and Paralympic athletes are expected. The idea was popular, as the 70,000 free places to reserve to attend the event were snapped up in one hour on Wednesday, September 11.
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For the organizers, this is the fifth and final ceremony of the JParis 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games : the athletes’ parade, an XXL party open to all. So that all French people can see and applaud, once again, those who made them dream and even cry this summer.
All these bronze, silver and gold medalists, from the legend of judo Teddy Riner to the brothers Alexis and Felix Lebruntable tennis prodigies, or the incredible swimmer Leon Marchandfour times gold and once bronze in the pool of the Arena La Défense. They will parade alongside their Paralympic counterparts, with the Queen Aurelie Aubertwho introduced us to boccia, or Charles Noakes, badminton champion at 1.40m tall. ….
This parade will also be an opportunity to once again extend a big thank you to the 45,000 volunteers mobilized during the Games, as well as to all those behind the scenes players who participated in the success of Paris 2024. For the occasion, more than 4,000 police officers and gendarmes will be mobilized to secure the event.
As usual, we have set up an anti-terrorist protection perimeter.
Laurent Nuñez describes the security measures around the Champions Parade in Paris
A unique parade that will start at 2:30 p.m. (12:30 p.m. UTC) at the bottom of the famous Champs-Élysées avenue, and go up to the Arc de Triomphe where President Emmanuel Macron will be waiting to decorate them. And before the evening concert, we are promised more surprises.
“Parade”, the anthem of the Paris Games, finally available on platforms
The athletes’ parade scheduled for Paris on Saturday, September 14, will undoubtedly be punctuated by the music that has become the official anthem of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This piece by Victor Le Masne, entitled Paradehas made an impression. Since Friday, it has been available on all music platforms. Those nostalgic for the Games and others can now listen to it on repeat.
Parade was originally designed to accompany the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and the parade of athletes on the Seine. But given the enthusiasm it generated, it quickly became the official anthem of the event. It was heard in particular during the torch relays and the medal presentations.
A success of a magnitude that even surprised the composer of this melody, Victor Le Masne: ” I didn’t write it thinking it was going to be a theme, much less an anthem. I wrote it very spontaneously at the beginning. It was really one of the first bricks I laid for this great edifice. When people got hold of the piece, it went wild, so to speak. It was a great surprise. »
Parade starts with a light tune with violins, then builds up in power with symphony orchestra and choirs, before transforming into an electro loop typical of the French TouchFor the record, this anthem has become so popular that a middle school in the suburbs of Lyon adopted it to replace its end-of-class bell, in order to perpetuate the spirit of the Paris Games.