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Olympics ceremony on Seine 'very probable' option
PARIS: The Paris Olympics' chief organiser Tony Estanguet said on Tuesday (Apr 15) an opening ceremony on the river Seine was the "very probable" option after French President Emmanuel Macron said it could be moved to a stadium.
Flame to pass by Bataclan, Shoah Memorial, Paris mayor says
PARIS : The Olympic flame will pass by the site of the 2015 Islamist attack on the Bataclan concert hall as well as the Shoah Memorial as it makes its way through Paris in July ahead of the 2024 summer Games, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Tuesday.
France has plan B to river Seine Olympics opening if security requires
PARIS :France has prepared alternatives to holding the July 26 Olympics opening ceremony on the river Seine should security reasons require, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
Paris Olympics could feature only 40 Russian athletes, says IOC's Coates
Senior International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates is unsure how many Russian athletes will compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Games, but believes reports it might be as low as 40 could be close to the mark.
IOC's John Coates anticipates limited Russian presence at Olympics
International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates is unsure how many Russian athletes will compete as neutral athletes at the Olympic Games this summer, but thinks reports that it might be as low as 40 could be close to the mark. Under sanctions put in place because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which Belarus acted as a staging post, the IOC is allowing only some Russian and Belarussian athletes to compete in Paris under tight restrictions. The inclusion of the neutral athletes remains a contentious issue, with Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba describing December's decision to allow them as "shameful", and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo saying last week she hoped they would not come. "The issue is how many of them are going to be there too, because they're not going to be in any team sports because they can't compete as Russia," Coates said in Sunday's edition of Sydney's Daily Telegraph. "And then anyone who is prepared out of the Russian military clubs, they're not going. I don't know, but obviously some athletes might choose not to go if they're not competing for Russia.
Paris Games could feature only 40 Russian athletes, says IOC's Coates
SYDNEY : Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice-President John Coates is unsure how many Russian athletes will compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Games, but thinks reports that it might be as low as 40 could be close to the mark.
'Trust science', Paris mayor tells air conditioning fans ahead of Olympics
PARIS: With competing nations split over whether to enter into the spirit of the "Green Games" or throw money at success whatever the environmental cost, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told those nations planning on installing air conditioning at the athletes' village to "trust the science" instead.