Tag: Olympic Games
Malagasy weightlifter Rosina Randafiarison, a champion with all-consuming ambition
Don’t be fooled by its small size and wasp waist. Behind her 1.46m and 45 kilos hides a giantess with biceps of steel, who clearly hasn’t stopped making people talk…
“In the United States, every year, our sports incorporate a little more diversity”
As the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are fast approaching, RFI had the opportunity to speak in Houston (Texas) with the American Carl Lewis, sprinter and jumper, sportsman of the…
the Olympic torches, the fiery passion of Kader Si-Tayeb
In the spans of the 27th edition of the Olympic Collectors World Fair, from June 23 to 25, 2023 in Paris, his stall does not go unnoticed. Kader Si-Tayeb has…
Mondial Sports rekindles the flame this Saturday!
Patrick Clastres, historian, returns with us to the French journey of the Olympic flame, about a year before the Paris Olympics. A journey rich in symbols and issues, just like…
in Paris, the values of Olympism celebrated on the walls
As the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games approach, the capital continues to transform into a sanctuary for sport. Since June 1, 14 artistic posters, produced as part of the Cultural…
Prisme, the first inclusive sports building in Paris
Rugby, football or wheelchair basketball, ping pong, archery, climbing, fencing, dance but also a medical and research centre. Six months after the laying of the first stone, the Metropolitan Sports…
Olympic Games 2024: river shuttles on the Seine?
Will spectators and athletes at the Paris Olympic Games in the summer of 2024 be able to travel to the events by river shuttle? This is the ambition of several…
the question of volunteers at the heart of a controversy
The Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024. The organization needs 45,000 volunteers, responsible for welcoming the public, the athletes and the media. Despite…
first convictions in a corruption scandal
A Tokyo court on Friday (April 21) sentenced the former president of a Japanese company sponsor of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and two collaborators to suspended prison sentences. The…
a mosaic of decisions on the return of Russians and Belarusians to competition
Fencing is in favor of it, athletics has repeated its veto: while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has opened the door to a return to competition for Russians and Belarusians,…