2023-12-19 15:43:45 In Tahiti, after weeks of protests and delays, work on the site of the Olympic surfing event, in Teahupoo, has resumed. A test, with barges to access the location of the future tower where the judges will be installed during competitions, took place two days ago. If a little coral has been affected, … Read more
2023-12-12 20:19:07 Paris, July 26, 2024, end of the day, 10,000 athletes parade on the Seine for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games (OG). On the platforms, 400,000 spectators enjoy the spectacle, smartphones in hand to share the moment. But despite their repeated clicks, photos and videos remain hopelessly stuck on the phone screen… … Read more
2023-11-29 17:02:39 Meeting of the executive commission of the International Olympic Committee, at the Hoche salon, in Paris, November 29, 2023. SARAH MEYSSONNIER / REUTERS France is on the verge of achieving the double. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Wednesday November 29 that it had entered the phase of “targeted dialogue” with the … Read more
2023-11-27 14:12:22 « In principle, I am not opposed, but we will have to recruit and find another room. » Like Stéphanie Ruffel, co-president of the Mazamet-Aussillon basketball club, in Tarn, the ambition of the government to ” to support “ the Games in “all territories” through the opening, during the summer of 2024, of … Read more
2023-11-24 07:50:49 In the Paris metro, in 2017, after the award of the Olympic Games to the city of Paris. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP Fifteen million visitors are expected for the Olympic Games (JO), from July 26 to August 11, and Paralympic Games, from August 28 to September 8, and the organizing committee has focused … Read more
2023-11-23 07:01:20 Transport in Paris and its surroundings has long been identified as one of the main points of tension in the preparation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP) in 2024. The capacity of the public authorities and the organizers of Paris 2024 to hold their promise of 100% access to competition sites by … Read more
2023-11-20 16:00:04 The Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, and the former rugby player of the South African team Tendai Mtawarira during the arrival of the Webb Ellis Cup, in Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine), on May 31, 2023. STEPHANIE LECOCQ / REUTERS « Beau slogan », “primarily cosmetic support”, “insufficient budgetary translation”… While physical and sporting practice has been declared … Read more
2023-11-17 05:00:10 Travel conditions will be « hardcore » in Paris in the summer of 2024, during the Olympic and Paralympic double fortnight (from July 26 to August 11 and from August 28 to September 8), warned the Minister for Transport on Tuesday, November 14. Even before this warning from Clément Beaune, Ile-de-France residents were already aware … Read more