Tag: Olympic Games
discus thrower Mélina Robert-Michon and swimmer Florent Manaudou will be the French flag bearers
Discus thrower Mélina Robert-Michon and swimmer Florent Manaudou will be the flag bearers for the French delegation at the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on July 26. This was…
Héloïse Courvoisier or the beautiful story of a para-triathlete
Héloïse Courvoisier, 26, has qualified for the triathlon events of the 2024 Paralympic Games. A sport she discovered in 2020 after the confinement due to Covid-19. Interview. 2 min Sometimes,…
As the Olympics approach, Parisian shopkeepers are more worried than happy
The start of the Paris Olympics begins in 15 days, on July 26, 2024. And everywhere in Paris, people are getting ready. Workers are hard at work setting up the…
2024 Olympics: Former boxer Aya Cissoko is “surprised and happy to carry the Olympic flame to Paris”
After a journey of several weeks since its arrival in Marseille on May 8, the Olympic flame arrives in the capital on July 14 and 15. Around fifty people, artists,…
Olympic deserters: Daniel Magay, the former child prodigy of Hungarian fencing
Third episode today in our series dedicated to the incredible stories of all those athletes who, throughout history, took advantage of the Olympic Games to escape their home countries. The…
Flying taxis allowed in Paris during the Olympic Games, the city hall contests
The French government gave the green light on Tuesday, July 9, to a new floating platform for flying taxis in Paris. A decree published in the Official Journal authorizes the…
Olympic Deserters: Cameroonian Boxer Christian Donfack Adjoufack
Back to Home / Podcasts / The deserters of the Olympic Games Second episode today of our series dedicated to the incredible stories of all those sportsmen and sportswomen who,…
Héctor Garibay, the man who dreams of making Bolivia shine in the marathon at the 2024 Olympics
Bolivia, which has been at the Olympic Games since 1936, for a total of fifteen participations, is the only South American country that has never won a medal. Héctor Garibay…
Usain Bolt takes part in campaign against human trafficking
Sprint legend Usain Bolt, former wheelchair tennis champion Michaël Jeremiasz and former swimmer Ellie Simmonds are lending their faces to a campaign by the association It’s a Penalty aimed at…
“The podium, my goal”, announces Ivorian judoka Zouleiha Dinscrire
After Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Zouleiha Dabonnement will be in Paris this summer for her third consecutive participation in the Olympic Games. Competing in the -57 kg category, the…