Tag: France report
Paralympics 2024: Jeanne Le Pêcheur, paracyclist, carries the flame
Having left England on Saturday 24 August, the Paralympic flame continues its journey in France. This Tuesday 27 August 2024, it arrives in Île-de-France where several torchbearers await it. Among…
Paralympics 2024: immersion of the para-athletes’ equipment repair center
D-2 before the kick-off of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, with the opening ceremony on the Champs-Élysées and the Place de la Concorde. The Organizing Committee is hoping for the…
Paralympics 2024: in front of the Eiffel Tower, the sand gives way to synthetic grass
The Paralympic Games are getting closer! In Paris, 11 of the 15 Olympic competition venues will once again be used for the Paralympic Games, which requires some adaptations, such as…
What place in Paris for the ten “golden women” of the Olympic ceremony?
What will remain of the Paris Olympics after the summer? During the opening ceremony, for the “sisterhood” tableau, ten golden statues of great female figures who have made French history…
Olympic and Paralympic Games: Operation Sentinel in Paris
For the Olympic and Paralympic Games, up to 20,000 soldiers are mobilized. These soldiers in fatigues from the Sentinelle force patrol throughout Paris, to support the police, and to avoid…
Doctors of the World and its telephone hotlines during the Olympic Games
On the occasion of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, the NGO Médecins du Monde has chosen to close its medical-social service located near the Stade de France. The large…
2024 Olympics: Parisian traders deplore a mixed summer, despite the success of the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games were a sporting success for Paris, but not necessarily for its retailers, who gave a mixed assessment of the event. According to the specialized retail federation Procos,…
2024 Olympics: in Châteauroux too, the Olympic Games unanimously hailed as a success
Paris 2024 kept all its promises in the capital of course, but also in the provinces. In Indre, in central France, the host city of Châteauroux hosted the sport shooting…
2024 Olympics: Heartache for Olympic visitors as they leave
After more than two weeks of sport and celebration, after the departure of the athletes on Monday, the visitors who had come for the Olympic Games are also leaving Paris.…
2024 Olympics: Final curtain falls on the Paris Olympic Games at Club France
The Paris 2024 Games are now over, it’s time for Los Angeles 2028. The closing ceremony took place on Sunday, August 11 at the Stade de France, north of Paris.…