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It is certain that the international context is particularly tense today,
Tony Estanguet, president of the Games’ organizing committee, recently told Radio France The last two Olympics certainly didn’t have the look and feel of what we expect from the Games,
said Jeremy Fuchs, a sports writer and the author of a 2021 book about the history of the Olympics We are working hard on it. You know it’s one of the bigger challenges,
Estanguet told reporters this month Based on this and the regular reports the IOC receives from them, we have full confidence in the French authorities and their strong collaboration with their international partners,
Only 100 days left, and we are immensely excited, but we need to be even more cautious. There's still a lot of work to do, but facing challenges is normal for such a significant comprehensive sports event. What we need to do is face these challenges and find ways to solve them,
Given that we're in the world's most beautiful city, we aimed to weave the Olympic spirit into the very fabric of Paris from the very beginning,
My daily schedule is packed, and now I am like a checklist filled with tasks to complete, ticking the boxes one by one and then swiftly moving on to the next,
Estanguet described his recent state If you ask where the safest place in France will be that day, I would say it is right at the opening ceremony,
The ambition for these Olympic Games … is that they benefit everyone and for the longest time possible,
said Sevran Mayor Stéphane Blanchet We really were driven by the ambition of sobriety and above all not to build sports facilities that aren’t needed and which will have no reason to exist after the Games,
Marie Barsacq, the organizing committee’s legacy director, said in an interview I hope it’s going to bring us luck,
It’s like lifting the carpet and brushing the dust underneath,
The whole world without racial differences, ethnic differences, religious differences. We will be all together, shouting, celebrating,