Tag: Olympic Games
from Atlanta to Tokyo, what previous editions teach us
The total cost of the Paris Olympics is expected to significantly exceed the seven billion euros announced by the organizing committee when it submitted its bid in 2017. However, these…
at D-100, between satisfactions, questions and concerns, what remains to be done?
Here is France, exactly 100 days away from hosting the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. If Tony Estanguet’s Cojo and the various parties can rejoice in some successes in the set…
Tony Estanguet: The lighting of the flame “marks the start of the celebration of the 2024 Olympic Games”
The Olympic flame sets off, heading for the Paris games! During this immutable ritual, which symbolically takes place on the site of the ancient games, a stone’s throw from the…
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.…
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…
Paris 2024, the Games declare their flame!
On April 16, the Paris Olympic Games will be officially kicked off with the lighting of the flame in Olympia. Why this symbol? How did it make Olympic history? What…
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,…
Safety as an Olympic discipline
From July 26 to August 11, 2024, France will host 10,500 Olympic and 4,350 Paralympic athletes from 205 nations, 40 competition venues, 6,000 journalists, 40,000 volunteers, 45,000 law enforcement forces.…
Why when we compete on the back of an animal, is it most often on the back of a horse?
My first stage is sport explained to children. Here, we answer all their questions, we decipher the rules, we tell the stories of great athletes, we learn everything about sport.…