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".
Olympics-Paris 2024 boss to miss Beijing Games after testing positive for COVID
BEIJING (Reuters) - Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet will not attend the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the French organising committee said.
Paris 2024 boss to miss Beijing Games after testing positive for COVID
BEIJING : Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet will not attend the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the French organising committee said.