Paris 2024 chief wants Games 'to make history'
After two Games clouded by Covid-19 restrictions, Paris 2024 is looking to launch a new momentum for the sporting extravaganza, promising an Olympic "light at the end of the tunnel".
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Olympics-Paris 2024 to be ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ says next Games chief
BEIJING: After two Games clouded by COVID-19 restrictions, Paris 2024 are looking to launch a new momentum for the sporting extravaganza, promising an Olympic “light at the end of the tunnel.” One hundred years after France last hosted the Summer Olympics amid the post-World War One Années Folles (crazy years) period, Paris aims to be the stage for carefree Games as they return to Europe for the first time in a decade. “We want to take the Games out of the stadiums, with a ceremony out in the city and a marathon open to the general public,” Tony Estanguet, a triple canoeing Olympic champion who was France’s flag-bearer at the 2008 Beijing Games opening ceremony, told Reuters.
Olympics-Paris 2024 to be 'light at the end of the tunnel' says next Games chief
(Makes clear in para 14 that three of the four venues are within walking distance)
Paris 2024 to be 'light at the end of the tunnel' says next Games chief
BEIJING : After two Games clouded by COVID-19 restrictions, Paris 2024 is looking to launch a new momentum for the sporting extravaganza, promising an Olympic "light at the end of the tunnel".
IOC members unanimously vote in India’s favour to host 2023 Olympic session
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session, it will host another one again in 2023 in Mumbai. International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani, on Saturday, made a presentation on the same to the IOC members in Beijing and the assembly unanimously voted in India’s favour to host the next ‘session’. An Olympic Session is the general meeting of the members of the IOC and it's supreme organ. All IOC Session decisions are final. The IOC has a total of 101 members with voting rights, who attend the sessions. The Indian delegation, led by Ms Ambani, also included Indian Olympic Association (IOC) president Narinder Batra, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and India’s first individual Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra. “It’s a great moment of pride for India as this Olympic session will inspire a youth-heavy population of the country to adapt to a vibrant sporting culture,” say those who were tracking developments.
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When is Winter Olympics closing ceremony and how can I watch it on TV - Beijing 2022 says goodbye
Nearly three weeks of thrilling action will draw to a close as an unforgettable Winter Olympic Games comes to an end. Beijing has seen joy, tears, anger and no shortage of controversy as the world's best winter sports athletes have given their all in pursuit of gold.