Tag: Olympic
Olympic gold hero Lars Frölander reveals his favorite hockey team – a truly classic club: “What mattered”
PHOTO: Bildbyrån He is one of Swedish swimming’s biggest heroes.Now the icon Lars Frölander reveals his big favorite team in hockey.– That was what mattered, he admits in an interview.…
When Alberto Tomba won Olympic gold ahead of rival Ingemar Stenmark – to his great sadness(!): “If only…”
Alberto Tomba won his first Olympic gold in 1988 – before Ingemar Stenmark.But if the Italian himself had been given the choice, he would have preferred to see his rival…
Olympic Games 2024: in Paris, booksellers fired from the Seine
In Paris, the Seine has been flowing between books and engravings for several centuries. They are said to prevent it from overflowing. How many other cities around the world can…
“It feels like we let Canada down” – reigning Olympic champion’s lackluster moves under fire
Canada was left in the opening group of the World Cup. Christina Sinclair, 40, who finished the most goals of all time in international football, probably played her last World…
Arsi Harju quietly ended up in coaching discussions behind the Finnish champion – the Olympic champion can be found in the statistics service under a pseudonym
LAHTI. When the shot put championship medals are handed out at the Lahti stadium on a rainy Friday evening, a satisfied man stands on the platform of the grandstand block…
The rejected Ukrainian fencer still got a place in the team competition and an Olympic place
Ukrainian Olha Harlan did not shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova. Harlan was disqualified from the individual competition, but according to the new decision, he is allowed to participate in…
Olympic Games 2024: “Not having LVMH as a sponsor would have been a failure”
Bernard Arnault’s empire has been desired, he will finally be a sponsor of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. His check for 150 million euros, according to AFP, places him among…
“The Olympic Games produce a quite singular urban project in the history of world urbanism”
Historically, the Olympic Games have always given rise to major urban projects. Paris 2024 is no exception to the rule, even if the organizing city is building much less than…
Olympic Games 2024: let’s play the big game! By Jean-Francois Cope
Less than three hundred and sixty-five days before the launch of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, France is preparing to host one of the biggest international events. Guy Drut, Teddy…
Olympic Games 2024: Marseille projects itself as the “capital of the sea”
“A capital of the sea that is still unaware of itself.” It is with this pretty formula that Marie-Dominique Champloy sums up the challenge for the Marseille city of hosting…