Tag: Olympic Games
Utrecht Olympians and Paralympians honored by Dijksma: ‘Medal can be taken out of the box again’
A total of fourteen Utrecht athletes won an Olympic medal. Hockey players Lars Balk, Luna Fokke, Jonas de Geus, Jip Janssen, Renée van Laarhoven, Duco Telgenkamp, Anne Veenendaal and Derck…
Athletics: back to the Olympics!
From the Tebogo sensation to the Ivorian disappointments, Mondial Sports returns, a few weeks later and with a clear head, to the remarkable performances of African athletes on the Paris…
French athletes and public celebrate the Games one last time in Paris on the Champs-Élysées
The Champs-Élysées were transformed into a huge party on Saturday, September 14, 2024, to celebrate the athletes of the French team after the unforgettable success of the Olympic and Paralympic…
Joris Daudet, Olympic gold medalist: “Sport makes us forget all the worries we may have”
You probably know it, the anthem of Paris 2024, aptly titled “Parade”. On the day of the big parade on the Champs-Élysées – the parade of French athletes of the…
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo set to become major face in world athletics
After becoming the first African sprinter to be crowned Olympic 200m champion in Paris, Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo received a triumphant welcome on his return home. At 21, he is more…
numerous foreign information maneuvers during the Olympic Games
VIGINUM, the technical and operational service of the State responsible for vigilance and protection against foreign digital interference, released its report this Friday on the informational maneuvers observed during the…
Sports hall named after new honorary citizen of Amersfoort Femke Bol: ‘What an honor!’
She received the Jacob van Campenpenning. That is the highest distinction of Amersfoort. She is the seventh person who can call herself an honorary citizen. “Femke is inextricably linked to…
2024 Olympics: two RFI journalists talk about their Olympic and Paralympic Games
To kick off this 4th season, Témoins d’actu takes you behind the scenes of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Christophe Diremszian, from the sports department and Baptiste Coulon…
What will be the legacy, material and immaterial, of this Olympic summer?
So, the Games are over, but do we really have to say goodbye? “And now?” asks Release on the front page this morning. “How to extend the party and euphoria…
After the Olympic Games, feedback from Operation Sentinelle
As the Paralympic Games end this weekend, it is already time to take stock for the security forces and in particular for the soldiers of Operation Sentinelle, who were heavily…