Paris: France rolled out the red carpet for the Olympic flag on Monday, with the next 2024 hosting summer sports Promise to open the spectacle of sports to the public after the pandemic hit Tokyo Games Held behind closed doors.
Paris Major Anne Hidalgo She waved the flag that was handed to her during the handover ceremony in Tokyo as she exited the plane carrying some of the country’s last athletes home.
The 2024 Games “will be very positive for our country. They come at a good moment,” Hidalgo told reporters.
He said Paris has learned many lessons from the Tokyo experience.
A year’s delay and strict COVID-19 countermeasures caused infectious variants to return around the world, the 2020 Games cut short by wins and the financial gains Japan wanted.
At Sunday’s handover ceremony, Paris demanded a change of tone. Several thousand sports fans gathered in a fan area in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, cheering and cheering as some of Tokyo’s medalists returned to the backseat of rock music.
“We want to find ways to open up the game to the public,” paris game major tony estanguete said on Friday.
“Our focus is on taking the sport out of traditional venues and competing in the center of the city’s most famous landmarks,” said Estanguet, three-time Olympic canoe champion.
Bringing the Games closer to the people would pose security challenges in a country that has faced waves of attacks in recent years at the hands of Islamist militants or jihadist-inspired attackers. More than 250 people have died.
In a bid to break the old made-for-TV format, the organizers of the Paris 2024 Games have been working over the past year to move the opening ceremony out of the Olympic Stadium and into the center of Paris.
For the first time amateur runners will take part in marathons, with Olympians and sailing enthusiasts able to do battle in real time with their sporting heroes soon after road-biking enthusiasts will be cycling.
“We need to balance the tradition of olympics With creativity and innovation,” Estanguet has said.
No one knows whether the world will be able to conquer this pandemic in three years. Estanguet told Reuters In February Paris 2024 was working on its contingency plans.
Already not everything has gone the way to Paris. The city’s bid to hoist a giant flag from the Eiffel Tower and set the first world record for the 2024 Games was foiled on Sunday by the wind.
Paris Major Anne Hidalgo She waved the flag that was handed to her during the handover ceremony in Tokyo as she exited the plane carrying some of the country’s last athletes home.
The 2024 Games “will be very positive for our country. They come at a good moment,” Hidalgo told reporters.
He said Paris has learned many lessons from the Tokyo experience.
A year’s delay and strict COVID-19 countermeasures caused infectious variants to return around the world, the 2020 Games cut short by wins and the financial gains Japan wanted.
At Sunday’s handover ceremony, Paris demanded a change of tone. Several thousand sports fans gathered in a fan area in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, cheering and cheering as some of Tokyo’s medalists returned to the backseat of rock music.
“We want to find ways to open up the game to the public,” paris game major tony estanguete said on Friday.
“Our focus is on taking the sport out of traditional venues and competing in the center of the city’s most famous landmarks,” said Estanguet, three-time Olympic canoe champion.
Bringing the Games closer to the people would pose security challenges in a country that has faced waves of attacks in recent years at the hands of Islamist militants or jihadist-inspired attackers. More than 250 people have died.
In a bid to break the old made-for-TV format, the organizers of the Paris 2024 Games have been working over the past year to move the opening ceremony out of the Olympic Stadium and into the center of Paris.
For the first time amateur runners will take part in marathons, with Olympians and sailing enthusiasts able to do battle in real time with their sporting heroes soon after road-biking enthusiasts will be cycling.
“We need to balance the tradition of olympics With creativity and innovation,” Estanguet has said.
No one knows whether the world will be able to conquer this pandemic in three years. Estanguet told Reuters In February Paris 2024 was working on its contingency plans.
Already not everything has gone the way to Paris. The city’s bid to hoist a giant flag from the Eiffel Tower and set the first world record for the 2024 Games was foiled on Sunday by the wind.
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