Anna Dountounaki

With the preliminary heats of the women’s 100m butterfly, the swimming events of the Paris 2024 Olympics kicked off at the “Paris La Défense Arena.”

Tomorrow, Paris will host the world’s premier sporting event for the first time in a century, welcoming the planet’s most photogenic champions from 206 countries. The aim is to restore the Olympic Games to their former glory after the challenges of Rio and the empty stands of Tokyo, caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Will the €7.5 billion invested be enough to achieve this