Paris 2024: ‘Athletes are at the heart of our project’

Exactly one year from now (July 26, 2024), we will welcome the Olympic Games to my home country, and I am counting down the days. Paris 2024 will be the Games of a new era, as the first Games planned and delivered in line with all the reforms of Olympic Agenda 2020. They will serve as a blueprint that will help shape future editions of the Olympic Games and inspire other major events

Paris will provide the 10,500 best athletes in the world with an incredible stage to live their dream and perform at their best, in an urban setting with the city's magnificent landmarks as a backdrop. The action will happen in 32 sports, and for the first time in history the same number of male and female athletes are set to compete - one of the main achievements of the many International Olympic Committee reforms being implemented in Paris. This exemplifies how the Olympic Games are much more...