Tag: Olympic Games 2024
Tommie Smith, still with his fist raised
Tommie Smith, hero of the Mexico 1968 Games, is visiting France. During a conference organized by the immigration museum, as part of its exhibition “Olympism, a history of the world”,…
Marie-José Pérec, French legend of the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics
Triple Olympic athletics champion, Marie-José Pérec remains a star of world athletics and has written one of the most beautiful pages of French sport with her medals in Barcelona and…
“Even in Seine-Saint Denis, we can shine”: triple Olympic champion Teddy Riner meets young judokas
A few weeks before the Games, sporting festivities are multiplying in France, like the one organized a few days ago in Seine-Saint-Denis. Young judokas were able to meet their idol,…
Paralympic Games: is the enthusiasm equal to the stakes?
The organizers present them as “the return match” of the Olympics but two and a half months before the start of the competitions, the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are struggling…
Cathy Freeman, symbol of Australian reconciliation in Sydney 2000
Expected among the favorites, Cathy Freeman was, in reality, much more than that during the 2000 Olympic Games. At home, the Aboriginal athlete achieved posterity when she lit the Olympic…
Burkinabè Hugues Fabrice Zango, from doctorate to the Olympic Games
World triple jump champion and doctor in electrical engineering, Hugues Fabrice Zango combines excellence in sport and research but has only one goal: to become the first Burkinabè athlete to…
Hassiba Boulmerka, proud stride, head held high
On August 8, 1992 in Barcelona, Hassiba Boulmerka gave Algeria the first gold medal in history over 1,500 meters. At the time, his country was facing the rise of Islamic…
[EN IMAGES] The Olympic rings took place on the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Less than fifty days before the Paris Olympic Games, the five Olympic rings were hung on the Eiffel Tower overnight. Around fifteen rope access technicians took part in the rigging…
for the 2024 Olympics, anti-homeless street furniture is multiplying in France
The La Cloche association and the Abbé Pierre Foundation fear a desire, with the Olympic Games approaching, to drive homeless people out of city centers. Near the Louvre Museum in…
Ferrand-Prévot and Daudet, leaders in MTB and BMX Racing for France
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Joris Daudet, respectively reigning world champions in cross-country mountain biking and BMX racing, will be the leaders of the French team at the Paris Olympic Games, according…