Tag: Olympic Games
Talk to the killjoys! – World sports
Anne Hidalgo is fed up! She recently denounced “Olympic bashing”! The Mayor of Paris is not the first high-profile French figure to criticize criticism of the Olympic Games. In a…
police unions fear a deterioration of the social climate
While new calls to demonstrate against the far right have been launched for this weekend, union representatives fear that the police will be faced with a deterioration in the social…
the Paralympic movement told at the Pantheon
“Paralympic Stories”, an exhibition presented as part of the Cultural Olympiad until September 29, highlights the history of the Paralympic movement. 2 mins In the world of parasport, the time…
Olympic Games against the backdrop of a political crisis: an aggravated security headache?
For the first time in history, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will take place outside a stadium, on a six-kilometer route in an urban environment, under the eyes…
the race against time for the installation of the Olympic pools in La Défense
This is the last project under development 43 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: the transformation of the Arena La Défense – usually…
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”,…
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…
[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…