Tag: Olympic Games
Andras Toro, the Hungarian kayaker who dreamed of America
Eight years after the great Hungarian defection at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, athlete Andras Toro defected at the 1964 Tokyo Games. A canoe specialist, he sought asylum in the United…
Patrick Boucheron, co-author of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games: “an imaginary parade”
Patrick Boucheron, professor at the Collège de France, is RFI’s Grand International Guest. Co-author of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, notably with Leïla Slimani, he looks…
The Seine launches into the water
For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the opening ceremony will not be held in a stadium but in the open air. For several years, the…
Guinea, Mali, Egypt and Morocco dream of football gold
After Nigeria in 1996 and Cameroon in 2000, can Africa believe in a new Olympic football title this year in Paris? The representatives, Guinea, Mali, Egypt and Morocco, never medallists,…
2024 Olympics: 3 days before the opening ceremony, the athletes arrive in Paris
With three days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, it is time for the athletes to arrive in Paris. The approximately 200 participating delegations are currently…
Tony Estanguet, the boss of the Paris Olympics who slaloms between sport and politics
Three-time Olympic canoeing champion Tony Estanguet has slipped into the role of boss of the Paris Games over the years, learning to navigate between the world of sport from which…
Emmanuel Macron will give an interview to France 2 to talk about the 2024 Olympics and the political situation
Three days before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games, and a little over two weeks after the early legislative elections, Emmanuel Macron will give an interview this Tuesday,…
Souleymane Cissokho, boxer and Olympic medalist: “These games will be exceptional”
Although he is out of the Paris Games due to injury, Souleymane Cissokho – boxer, captain of the French team and bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics in 2016 –…
Tennis player Andy Murray to retire after Paris Olympics
The Paris Olympics will be Andrew “Andy” Murray’s final competition. The tennis player, who will represent Great Britain for the fifth time at the Olympics, confirmed on X (ex-Twitter) on…
East German luge specialist Ute Gähler
Ute Gähler is one of the only Olympic deserters to have disappeared during the Winter Olympics! It was in Innsbrück in 1964 that this East German luge specialist disappeared, before…