Tag: Olympic Games
JO and Coubertin: the anti-glory of my father?
This summer, the Olympics are coming home! The “father” of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, was French and Parisian… However, a very controversial figure hides under the baron’s…
the list of candidates and flag bearers of the French delegation
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) revealed, Thursday June 13, the 18 candidates to be flag bearers for the Blues at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic (14…
African sport: couch hell?
An often mocked phenomenon, superstition in sport is very widespread. Spells, washings and voodoo rituals of disenchantment occupy the lives of all African athletes. But why are there so few…
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…