Paris 2024 reaches new milestone with inauguration of athletes' village
SAINT OUEN, France :The keys to the Paris 2024 athletes' village were officially handed to the Olympics organisers as President Emmanuel Macron visited the site on Thursday.
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Paris Olympic Village Ready On Time As Confidence Grows
The organisers of the Paris Olympics are set to take the keys for the athletes' village on Thursday a day ahead of schedule, reinforcing growing confidence that they will be ready for the Games. An inauguration ceremony at the sprawling site in northern Paris will see President Emmanuel Macron attend as guest of honour, alongside chief organiser Tony Estanguet and a smattering of French athletes. The roughly 40 low-rise tower blocks will house around 14,000 people over the course of the Olympics, which kick off on July 26, and another 9,000 during the Paralympics afterwards.
Paris Olympics Chief Tony Estanguet Says He Faces Legal Probe Over Pay
Paris Olympics chief organiser Tony Estanguet on Tuesday confirmed that French investigators had opened a legal probe into his pay, six months before the Games begin. Estanguet, who was attending the opening of a swimming pool in suburban Paris, was responding to a report on AFP earlier in the day that the investigation, by magistrates specialising in financial crimes, began "last week". "I learned this morning that there would be an investigation," said the triple Olympic canoeing champion.
Paris Olympics Medals To Contain 'Piece Of Eiffel Tower'
The medals awarded at this year's Paris Olympics and Paralympics will feature a hexagon-shaped piece of iron taken from the original Eiffel Tower in their centre, organisers said as they unveiled their design on Thursday. All 5,084 gold, silver and bronze medals for the Paris Games will feature the six-edged metal medallion which will be set like a gemstone under a design by elite French jewellery house Chaumet. "We wanted to offer to all medal-winners at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics a piece of the Eiffel Tower from 1889," said the head of the local organising committee, Tony Estanguet.
Paris ready to deliver successful Olympic Games: Organising committee president
PARIS : Transport and security are the main two challenges Paris 2024 will face at this year's Olympics, and organising committee president Tony Estanguet is confident everything will go smoothly when the Games start on Jul 26.
Olympic-Paris ready to deliver successful Games, says Estanguet
PARIS : Transport and security are the main two challenges Paris 2024 will face at this year's Olympics, and organising committee president Tony Estanguet is confident everything will go smoothly when the Games start on July 26.
Games cannot be magic wand amid global conflicts, says Paris 2024 boss
PARIS : The Olympics cannot be expected to solve armed conflicts, but it can pacify relations and open the door for dialogue, Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet told Reuters as the Games prepares to deal with issues arising from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
Macron wishes flawless Paris 2024 Games, boosts French athletes
PARIS : President Emmanuel Macron visited France's National Institute of Sport and Performance (INSEP) on Tuesday, hoping to give a boost to the country's athletes and insisting the organisation of the Paris 2024 Olympics needed to be flawless.