Tag: Olympic Games 2024
the Olympic flame, lit in Greece, begins its journey to Paris
The Olympic flame for the Paris Olympics was lit midday on Tuesday at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece, some 100 days before the opening ceremony on July 26.…
Macron discusses the prospect of a withdrawal from the opening ceremony at the Stade de France
Until Monday April 15, the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was officially only planned on the Seine, with the vague idea that other possibilities were being studied.…
will the Olympic and Paralympic Games be disrupted by strikes?
Will the Olympic and Paralympic Games be disrupted by strikes? Several French unions have filed notice in the public service from this Monday until September 15. Period which therefore covers…
Between struggles and strokes of luck, Olympic volunteers face the challenge of housing
There will be 45,000 volunteers who will participate in the successful holding of the Paris Olympic Games this summer. Their main task will be to welcome, inform and guide visitors…
Venezuelan triple jump legend Yulimar Rojas announces his withdrawal from the Games
Reigning Olympic champion and triple jump world record holder, Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas announced on Friday April 12 her withdrawal from the 2024 Olympic Games, of which she was the arch-favorite,…
Mélanie Berger-Volle, 102 years old, former resistance fighter, bearer of the Olympic flame
Chosen by the Loire department, in central France, to carry the flame for the Olympic Games on June 22, this shadowy woman will be, for the duration of a stage,…
2024 Olympics: students recruited to ensure security
As part of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, more than 15 million spectators are expected. To welcome them during this event, private security agents will be mobilized. But…
the house of performance, the Olympic cocoon of the French during the Games
French athletes selected for the Paris Olympic Games will be even more pampered than usual to prepare for their events. A “performance house”, located a stone’s throw from the Olympic…
the waters of the Seine are still not clean enough to swim in, according to an NGO
Of the 14 samples taken near the venue of the tests, 12 would be unsuitable for swimming according to the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, up to…
Érika Sauzeau, Paris Paralympic Games goal with wrist strength
She has already experienced the joy of an Olympic podium, bronze around her neck, in 2021 in Tokyo, with her mixed coxed four rowing team. Next challenge for the French…