Olympics-Breakdancing takes next step towards Paris 2024 Games
5 years, 6 months ago

Olympics-Breakdancing takes next step towards Paris 2024 Games

The Hindu  

Breakdancing and three other sports took another step towards appearing at the Paris 2024 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday voted in favour of their inclusion. The Paris 2024 organising committee in February proposed surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing as well as breakdancing for inclusion in the Games and the IOC's executive board gave the initial green light in March. On Tuesday the IOC session voted unanimously for their inclusion in the 2024 programme, but the sports face one final review in late 2020 before a final decision is taken, IOC President Thomas Bach said. Under new IOC rules first introduced for the Tokyo Games, Olympic host cities can hand-pick sports and propose them for inclusion in those Games if they are popular in that country and add to the Games' appeal.

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The 2024 Olympics were a success for Paris but a calamity for some of its businesses
3 months, 4 weeks ago

The 2024 Olympics were a success for Paris but a calamity for some of its businesses

The Independent  

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OMEGA provides innovation to aid Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
4 months, 1 week ago

OMEGA provides innovation to aid Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

The Hindu  

The summer of sport in Paris has been reignited once again, as the Paralympic Games officially began on August 29. Coinciding with the colourful opening ceremony along the iconic Champs-Elysées, OMEGA’s -- Paralympics’ official timekeeper -- countdown clock near the Eiffel Tower finally reached zero, signalling the start of the competition. Taking place until September 8, the Paralympic Games Paris …

Paralympics 2024: When, who and how to watch the Paris games
4 months, 1 week ago

Paralympics 2024: When, who and how to watch the Paris games

NPR  

Paralympics 2024: When, who and how to watch the Paris games toggle caption Graham Denholm/Getty Images Looking for something to fill the Olympic-sized void in your heart? toggle caption Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images Para athletes will compete in 549 medal events across 22 sports, both individual and team. toggle caption Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC The U.S. is sending 225 athletes …

Will breakdancing return to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics? What to know about the fate of the sport following Raygun's disastrous Paris performance
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Will breakdancing return to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics? What to know about the fate of the sport following Raygun's disastrous Paris performance

Daily Mail  

Breaking made its highly-anticipated debut on the world stage at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Fans are wondering if breaking will return at the 2028 Olympics after Raygun's performance The controversial sport will not appear at the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles Although it could make a return when the Olympics head Down Under to Raygun's native Australia for Brisbane …

Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: Parisian theatre, visual spectacle, and Hollywood end Summer Games
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: Parisian theatre, visual spectacle, and Hollywood end Summer Games

The Hindu  

Highlighting the marriage of tradition and modernity as one of its underlying themes, Paris 2024, which began unconventionally on the beautiful Seine river, closed the greatest show on earth conventionally with the Stade de France serving as a grand theatre to emphasise the Olympic Games as a human monument. For the first time, the women’s marathon concluded the Olympic Games …

Paris Olympics 2024 close, Los Angeles takes torch: Five key takeaways
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 close, Los Angeles takes torch: Five key takeaways

Al Jazeera  

As the 2024 games end with a spectacular closing ceremony, we take a look back on the two-week sports spectacular. Here are five key takeaways from this year’s Olympics: ‘From one day to the next, the whole of France became Olympic’ Paris brought down the curtain on an Olympic Games that brought scintillating sport to the heart of the French …

The Paris Olympics, a timely celebration of humanity, taught us about joy, hope and each other
4 months, 4 weeks ago

The Paris Olympics, a timely celebration of humanity, taught us about joy, hope and each other

ABC  

With a final flourish, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris have come to a close, weary but just as engaging as they have been throughout. The final throes of the closing ceremony at the Stade de France began the process of casting forward to Los Angeles in 2028, but not without an extended celebration of this magical French summer. Any …

AP PHOTO: Paris closes out the 2024 Olympics with a final star-studded show
4 months, 4 weeks ago

AP PHOTO: Paris closes out the 2024 Olympics with a final star-studded show

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics 2024: France turned the Games into a citywide party for everyone.
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: France turned the Games into a citywide party for everyone.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. I even loved the golf, which surprised me by being the Olympics’ most egalitarian spectator experience, all ticket holders equal in our dignified scrambling up the grassy hillocks around the course. “Paris Superstar,” read the cover of Saturday’s Libération, the left-wing daily that can usually be counted on for Olympic cynicism. Even …

As Olympic competition winds down, Paris security services shift their focus to the closing ceremony
4 months, 4 weeks ago

As Olympic competition winds down, Paris security services shift their focus to the closing ceremony

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics 2024 day 16 live updates: Closing ceremony of 33rd Olympic Games ends
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 day 16 live updates: Closing ceremony of 33rd Olympic Games ends

The Hindu  

This LIVE is now closed. The gigantic Stade de France resembled a concert hall hosting a party to celebrate the fortnight of sporting excellence as the breathtaking closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics kicked off with athletes marching into the iconic stadium to thunderous applause. The two-hour-long show, created by Thomas Jolly, began with a musical ode to the Games’ …

Paris Olympics: Australian breakdancer Raygun hits back with tough message to her trolls and blasts IOC for scrapping the sport in 2028
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Australian breakdancer Raygun hits back with tough message to her trolls and blasts IOC for scrapping the sport in 2028

Daily Mail  

The Australian who has gone viral for her shocking Olympic routine has lashed the IOC for axing the new sport of breaking without giving it a chance to succeed. Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn was panned for her performance in the new Olympic sport of breaking Gunn failed to score a single point across three heats and her routine went viral Viewers …

Paris Games 2024: Breaking Celebrated By Google With A Street-Smart Doodle That Will Have You Stepping
5 months ago

Paris Games 2024: Breaking Celebrated By Google With A Street-Smart Doodle That Will Have You Stepping

ABP News  

Google Doodle Today: As the Paris 2024 Olympics continue seeing human boundaries being pushed to superlative levels, Google continues bringing a series of Doodles to commemorate the global event, each focusing on a different sport. Check Out The Google Doodle Below: Breaking At 2024 Summer Olympics: Dates, Location Breaking is set to make its official debut as an Olympic sport …

Paris Games 2024: Climbing Celebrated By Google With A Thrilling Doodle. Check It Out
5 months ago

Paris Games 2024: Climbing Celebrated By Google With A Thrilling Doodle. Check It Out

ABP News  

Google Doodle Today: Google has been celebrating the Paris Olympics 2024 with cute Doodles on the different disciplines we're seeing this year, from artistic gymnastics to surfing. Check out the Google Doodle below: Climbing At Paris Games 2024: Location, Disciplines, More The sport climbing events at the 2024 Summer Olympics began on August 5 and will continue until August 10. …

Paris Games 2024 Artistic Swimming (Day 2) Olympics Google Doodle Schedule Today Team Gold
5 months ago

Paris Games 2024 Artistic Swimming (Day 2) Olympics Google Doodle Schedule Today Team Gold

ABP News  

Google Doodle Today: In a tribute to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Google has unveiled a new Google Doodle dedicated to the event of artistic swimming. Google Doodle On August 6 The Doodle captures the essence of artistic swimming, a sport combining elements of swimming, gymnastics, and dance. The sport underwent a significant rebranding in 2017 when the international governing …

Google Doodle Celebrates Artistic Swimming At Paris Olympic Games 2024
5 months ago

Google Doodle Celebrates Artistic Swimming At Paris Olympic Games 2024

ABP News  

Google has been celebrating the Paris Olympic Games 2024 by releasing a Google Doodle dedicated to the title events that are being held at the Paris Games. As a part of this series, Google on Monday released a Google Doodle to celebrate artistic swimming at the Paris Olympic Games 2024. The animated Google Doodle released on August 5 showed a …

How Fans Can Support Our Athletes At The Paris 2024 Olympics On Social Media
5 months ago

How Fans Can Support Our Athletes At The Paris 2024 Olympics On Social Media

News 18  

As we celebrate the achievements of Indian athletes Swapnil Kusale, Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh, there are multiple ways for you to follow and support our other athletes competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Threads. Instagram, Facebook and Threads ● Use a new chat theme for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Instagram Direct …

Google Doodle Celebrates Men’s Rings Finals At Paris Olympic Games 2024
5 months ago

Google Doodle Celebrates Men’s Rings Finals At Paris Olympic Games 2024

ABP News  

Google released yet another Google Doodle on Sunday to celebrate the Paris Olympic Games 2024. The latest Google Doodle celebrates the Men’s Rings Finals, which is being held at Bercy Arena. Google while posting this Google Doodle wrote, "Who needs wings when you have rings? It is common for athletes to consume Red Bull to get that extra pump of …

Olympic Games Paris 2024: Men’s road cycling course ascends Montmartre; Remco Evenepoel takes gold.
5 months ago

Olympic Games Paris 2024: Men’s road cycling course ascends Montmartre; Remco Evenepoel takes gold.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. But on Saturday afternoon, as the men’s Olympic cycling road race wound its way up Montmartre’s cobblestone switchbacks, the spirit of resisting the forces of order rose up once again. So far, these Olympic Games have been joyous, family-friendly events, with fans expertly managed by heavily armed police and choreographed by MCs …

Olympics gymnastics schedule: Every event, date and start time at Paris 2024
5 months ago

Olympics gymnastics schedule: Every event, date and start time at Paris 2024

The Independent  

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Paris 2024 Olympics schedule and day-by-day events
5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics schedule and day-by-day events

The Independent  

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The Olympics are giving breaking a global stage in Paris. Not everyone is celebrating
5 months ago

The Olympics are giving breaking a global stage in Paris. Not everyone is celebrating

Associated Press  

PARIS — In the basement of a sports complex in Paris, dozens of breakers, or break dancers, gathered almost every weeknight in July to freestyle, practicing classic moves like the windmill, freezes and headspins to the soundtrack of steady breakbeats from a playlist called “100% Flow.” They warmed up with footwork – “toprocking” – and catching the beat before diving …

Olympic Games Paris 2024: Athletes, residents, volunteers enjoy city’s carnival-life atmosphere.
5 months, 1 week ago

Olympic Games Paris 2024: Athletes, residents, volunteers enjoy city’s carnival-life atmosphere.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Third, because the Games require such extensive use of the transportation network, there are also 19,000 purple-vested public transportation employees at and around stations to help visitors buy tickets and find their way. “It’s top, it’s exceptional,” said Hakim Draoui, who runs the cash register at his brother’s convenience store near the …

AP PHOTOS: With the Paris Games as their canvas, people are enjoying the City of Light
5 months, 1 week ago

AP PHOTOS: With the Paris Games as their canvas, people are enjoying the City of Light

Associated Press  

Paris has much to offer its residents and any visitor. A spectator walks through a water mist sprayers on her way to Eiffel Tower Stadium to watch a beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. Juliette Labous, of France, is seen through a spectator’s umbrella while competing in the women’s cycling time trial …

Paris Olympics set record for number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics set record for number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes

LA Times  

Jeremy Goupille shows off his nails painted with rainbow colors and the Olympic rings at the opening of Pride House, the safe space for the LGBTQ+ community of athletes at the Paris Olympics. “It’s not a place to be LGBTQ+.” While the Olympic Games have made giant strides in the years since — the 2024 Paris Olympics set a record …

Paris Olympics 2024: Diary on July 30 — Respect hockey
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Diary on July 30 — Respect hockey

The Hindu  

A world city: Paris has turned into a world city for a little more than two weeks of the Olympics. Walk around the city, take a public transport or a taxi ride, it’s not uncommon to spot people proudly wearing the colours and traditional dresses of their respective countries. The three strikes: Before the start of any competition in the …

Paris Olympics 2024, Tennis: Tearful Coco Gauff Calls for Video Replays After Stormy Exit
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024, Tennis: Tearful Coco Gauff Calls for Video Replays After Stormy Exit

News 18  

Coco Gauff demanded the introduction of video replays at Roland Garros after being dumped out of the Olympic Games singles tennis tournament on Tuesday in a stormy defeat to impressive Donna Vekic of Croatia. Paris Olympics 2024, Day 4 – LIVE The French Open venue is the only one of the four Grand Slams that does not utilise technology in …

Paris Olympics is bracing for a heat wave following a soggy start
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics is bracing for a heat wave following a soggy start

The Independent  

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Google Doodle Today: Artistic Gymnastics (Day 2) At Paris Games 2024 Gets A Recycled Doodle. But It's Still SO Cute
5 months, 1 week ago

Google Doodle Today: Artistic Gymnastics (Day 2) At Paris Games 2024 Gets A Recycled Doodle. But It's Still SO Cute

ABP News  

Google Doodle Today: Google has recycled its Doodle from yesterday, celebrating Day 2 of artistic gymnastics at the Paris Olympics 2024, with a delightful cartoon capturing the essence of the French capital. Check it out below: Gymnastics Events At Paris 2024: Categories & Venues The gymnastics events at the Paris 2024 Olympics are currently in full swing, with competitions in …

Paris Olympics boosted by raucous fans in return of spectators for first time since pandemic
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics boosted by raucous fans in return of spectators for first time since pandemic

Associated Press  

PARIS — The chants of “Ra-fa! South Korean fans watch during the Archery women’s team semifinals competition between South Korea and Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. “I’m someone that thrives off crowd and the environment, so when that wasn’t there in Tokyo, I really struggled to get up for it, and then …

Paris Olympics 2024 promises to ‘revolutionise’ the Games’ experience
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024 promises to ‘revolutionise’ the Games’ experience

The Hindu  

In the history of the Olympic Games, the show-piece event in its modern avatar of 128 years has never been so inclusive as far as connecting with the masses is concerned. Accordingly, under ‘Marathon for All,’ Paris 2024 Organising Committee has selected 48048 people, with equal number of men and women, from France and abroad to give them a unique …

Paris Games 2024: Artistic Gymnastics Celebrated By Google With A Typically Parisian Doodle. Check It Out
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Games 2024: Artistic Gymnastics Celebrated By Google With A Typically Parisian Doodle. Check It Out

ABP News  

Paris Olympics 2024: Google Doodle has been celebrating the many sporting competitions being held at the Olympics this year. Gymnastics At Paris Games 2024: Categories The gymnastics competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are underway, featuring three distinct categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampolining. Gymnastics At Paris Games 2024: Locations The Bercy Arena is hosting the artistic …

Behind the lens: A photojournalist’s take on the 2024 Paris Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

Behind the lens: A photojournalist’s take on the 2024 Paris Olympics

LA Times  

More than 11,000 athletes competing in 329 events for 32 sports and only one photographer. Team USA watches as Simone Biles performs her floor exercise routine during the women’s gymnastics team final. Japan’s Yuto Horigome, who would eventually win gold, falls off the rail during the preliminaries of the men’s street skateboard competition. Canada’s Francois Gauthier-Drapeau, in blue, tries to …

Google Doodle Celebrates Skateboarding At Paris Olympics 2024 As Excitement Ramps Up
5 months, 1 week ago

Google Doodle Celebrates Skateboarding At Paris Olympics 2024 As Excitement Ramps Up

ABP News  

Google on Saturday released a new Google Doodle to celebrate the skateboarding events at the Paris Olympic Games 2024 which is being held at Place de La Concorde. The preliminary rounds for men's street skateboarding are set for the afternoon of July 29, with the final round taking place in the evening on the same day. Google Celebrates Beginning Of …

Paris 2024 Olympics, Medals Tally after Day 1: Australia overtakes China in standings with three golds
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics, Medals Tally after Day 1: Australia overtakes China in standings with three golds

The Hindu  

China won gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at Paris 2024 Olympics, the first medal event of the Games, on Saturday. Australia secured three gold medals - first in road cycling and then in swimming, when Ariarne Titmus defeated archrivals Summer McIntosh of Canada and USA’s Katie Ledecky to defend her 400m freestyle title. PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS …

Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights: Sharath Kamal, PV Sindhu Carry Tricolour Over Seine as French Conjure up Instant Classic
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights: Sharath Kamal, PV Sindhu Carry Tricolour Over Seine as French Conjure up Instant Classic

News 18  

Live Updates: Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1 India Stay tuned for live updates on India’s performance on Day 1 of the Paris Olympics 2024. GO4TSMerci Carl Lewis, Rafael Nadal, Nadia Comaneci, Serena Williams, un relais de légendes#Paris2024 📷 Getty / Richard Pelham pic.twitter.com/vq7pbS549T — Paris 2024 July 26, 2024 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Live Updates: ZIZOU'S BACK! 🔥 …

Paris Olympics: Five things to watch out for on Day 1
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics: Five things to watch out for on Day 1

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI The 2024 Paris Olympics will well and truly kick-off today with medals on offer in aquatics, cycling, fencing, judo, rugby sevens, shooting and skateboarding. Shooting Even though shooting did not deliver India any medals in the last two Olympics at Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, hopes will still be high from the shooting contingent with Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan …

Paris 2024: History of the Olympics — How the Summer Games have changed since the first edition in 1896
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024: History of the Olympics — How the Summer Games have changed since the first edition in 1896

The Hindu  

The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics is set to commence in Paris, France from July 26 and will run till August 12. The history of the Olympics, also known as the modern Olympics, is more than a century old, with the maiden leg, under the aegis of the International Olympic Committee, in the Greek capital of Athens dating back …

Today at the Olympics: Opening ceremony, schedule and start time at Paris 2024
5 months, 1 week ago

Today at the Olympics: Opening ceremony, schedule and start time at Paris 2024

The Independent  

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Google Doodle prepares for the commencement of Paris Olympics 2024, its one-of-a-kind ceremony
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Doodle prepares for the commencement of Paris Olympics 2024, its one-of-a-kind ceremony

Hindustan Times  

Google Doodle on July 26 celebrated the initiation of Paris Olympics with their illustration showcasing animated characters floating down a stream of river. A new Google Doodle on opening day of Paris Olympics 2024. Olympics 2024 The Paris Olympics is expected to commence on Friday, July 26 2024, at 12:30 PM Central Time. This year, the Summer Olympics has introduced …

Paris battles a host of problems before 2024 Olympics begins
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris battles a host of problems before 2024 Olympics begins

The Independent  

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Why the Paris 2024 opening ceremony will be like nothing the Olympics has seen before
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why the Paris 2024 opening ceremony will be like nothing the Olympics has seen before

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics in 2024 to be from July 26 to August 11
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics in 2024 to be from July 26 to August 11

Daily Mail  

Paralympics scheduled to be held between August 28 and September 8 The 2024 Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11 in Paris, organisers have announced. The 2024 Paris Olympics are to take place one week earlier than initially planned The Paralympics have been scheduled to be held between August 28 and September 8. 'The Olympic and Paralympic …

Paris 2024 Olympics: How to stay across all the updates on the ABC
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: How to stay across all the updates on the ABC

ABC  

After all the training, trials and trying on of uniforms, the Olympic Games is finally upon us. Here's the specific time it will start for each region: 1:30am AWST: Western Australia Western Australia 3am ACST: Northern Territory and South Australia Northern Territory and South Australia 3:30am AEST: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria Concept art of …

Why Paris is a different kind of Olympics
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Paris is a different kind of Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Before the start of an Olympic Games, every host city digests being dissed by the English-speaking world. The Financial Times of London has declared Paris is hosting, “an ambitious but yet risky version of the Olympics.” The Athletes Parade down the Seine in a flotilla of boats is, according to a security expert quoted by FT, a “criminal folly.” By …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Indians in action today — July 26 schedule, full list of events, timings in IST, live streaming info
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Indians in action today — July 26 schedule, full list of events, timings in IST, live streaming info

The Hindu  

The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics will take place in Paris from July 26 to August 11 this year. While the Olympics officially begin later with the opening ceremony scheduled on June 26, Football and Rugby Sevens will have matches starting from July 24, while the Handball event begins from July 25 onwards. Paris Olympics 2024 India full schedule: …

Paris Olympics: The radical transformation of Games villages over a century
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: The radical transformation of Games villages over a century

The Hindu  

From making its first appearance here as a novel concept in 1924, the Olympic Games Village has come a long way to be an environmentally friendly legacy project for Paris 2024. If the first ever Games Village — a cluster of temporary wooden huts near the Colombes Stadium catered to the athletes with some basic facilities, including a post-office, a …

Olympics 2024: Why football, archery and rugby have started in build-up to opening ceremony in Paris
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympics 2024: Why football, archery and rugby have started in build-up to opening ceremony in Paris

Hindustan Times  

Football kickstarted the 2024 edition of the Olympics in Paris with men's tournament games involving reigning world champions Argentina and 2010 FIFA World Cup winners - Spain. France's Alexandre Lacazette, left, celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the men's Group A soccer match between France and the United States Former world champions Spain recorded a narrow 2-1 win …

With big goals and gambles, Paris aims to reset the Olympics with audacious Games and a wow opening
5 months, 2 weeks ago

With big goals and gambles, Paris aims to reset the Olympics with audacious Games and a wow opening

Associated Press  

PARIS — Paris has long been a city of dreamers: Just look at the Eiffel Tower, for decades the world’s loftiest structure. Spectator seats line the Seine river in front of the Musee d'Orsay ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Paris. Police check the public for credentials to enter a security perimeter near the Eiffel …

Unique Olympics opening ceremony keeps Paris on high alert over security
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Unique Olympics opening ceremony keeps Paris on high alert over security

LA Times  

Soldiers patrol along the Seine River, dressed in camouflage and blue berets, big rifles slung over their shoulders. “If there is one event that is under pressure, it’s the Olympic Games,” said Christophe Dubi, an International Olympic Committee executive. Given the threat of terrorism, officials must be “on the front foot, on tiptoes, being brave.” The gamble seemed worth it …

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