Members phkrause Posted February 8, 2023 Members Share Posted February 8, 2023 Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-olympic-flame-seaborn-journey-506754dcdeb31073e6eaf4a08c1d2a7f Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted February 8, 2023 Author Members Share Posted February 8, 2023 Paris mayor: No Russian team at 2024 Games if war continues PARIS (AP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says there should be no Russian delegation allowed at the Paris Olympics next year if Moscow continues its war against Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-politics-sports-2024-paris-olympic-games-anne-hidalgo-46acde461d516af657493eb3e8aefa84 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 20, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2023 🇫🇷 Look ahead to Paris 2024 Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios Paris will mark a "return to normal" after two Olympic Games — Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 — were overshadowed by COVID, Molly Solomon, president of NBC Olympics Production told Axios on stage today at the Cannes Lions Festival on the French Riviera. Here's what to expect: The opening ceremony will include "athletes floating down [the Seine River] in boats," she said. Paris is only six hours ahead of Eastern time. So that means many of the biggest events will be shown live from 2 to 5 p.m. ET. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 20, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2023 Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal PARIS (AP) — French police searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters on Tuesday as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games, according to prosecutors, the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics. https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-2024-corruption-investigation-f7efd8f363c76ee92c0c6e9fffd5b302? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 21, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2023 Paris 2024 Olympics: French police raid organisers' headquarters French police are searching the headquarters of the organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65961949 Olympics: Host City Contract Requires Human Rights (New York) – The move by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to incorporate human rights principles in its Host City Contract could help prevent major abuses by future Olympic hosts, the Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA) said today. The revised Host City Contract, developed with recommendations from a coalition of leading rights, transparency, and athletes’ organizations, was finalized in January 2017 and will first apply to the 2024 Summer Olympics. https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/02/28/olympics-host-city-contract-requires-human-rights The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games The costs of hosting the Olympics have skyrocketed, while the economic benefits are far from clear. This has led to fewer states interested in playing host and a search for options to lighten the burdens of staging the big event. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/economics-hosting-olympic-games Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 16, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 16, 2023 Paris Olympics Gets 11,000 Stadium Seats Made of Recycled City Plastic Spectators of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will be watching the aquatic events from seats made of plastic collected in recycling bins from around the area. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/paris-olympics-gets-11000-stadium-seats-made-of-recycled-city-plastic/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 27, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2023 🇫🇷 1 year from today: Olympics open The Olympic torch is unveiled along the Seine yesterday. Photo: Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images On this day next year, 10,500 Summer Olympics athletes will parade in boats along the Seine in Paris in front of hundreds of thousands of spectators. Why it matters: It'll be the first time in history that an opening ceremony hasn't been held in a stadium, according to the official Olympics site. Boats for each national delegation will be equipped with cameras to allow viewers watching on TV and online to get a close-up view of all the action. IOC President Thomas Bach visits Athletes' Village in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine. Photo: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters The City of Light will be one of the brightest stars at the Paris Olympics, with beach volleyball by the Eiffel Tower and a marathon route passing through Versailles, AP reports. 👀 U.S. athletes to watch: Simone Biles is on a comeback. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone never left. Sky Brown, a skateboarder who also surfs, is in contention to win gold medals in events 9,000 miles apart. Katie Ledecky is swimming strong heading into her fourth Olympics. If you're going: A guide to Olympic tickets and more. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 27, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2023 A guide to how Paris will welcome fans and stage 32 sports at the first post-pandemic Olympics PARIS (AP) — The Olympics is on track to be back in business with millions of visitors coming to Paris for the 2024 Games. https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-tickets-transport-accommodation-climate-b6b9798ea2fc65995cb3e4c6c96462f0? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 7, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 7, 2023 📸 Parting shot Simone Biles celebrates with her coach, Laurent Landi, after competing on the vault in the U.S. Classic yesterday. She's back. It was Biles' first time competing since she withdrew from the Olympic final in Tokyo two years ago — and she won by a large margin. "Oh, and yes: She finished the competition with a Yurchenko double pike, a vault not contemplated, much less competed, before Biles introduced it in 2021," The New York Times' Maggie Astor writes. Biles has not yet said whether she plans to compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted October 5, 2023 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2023 Bedbugs are making France anxious ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics PARIS (AP) — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or backpacks to find another person worth dining on — on the subway, or at the cinema. Bedbugs go where you go, and they have become a nightmare haunting France for weeks. https://apnews.com/article/france-bedbugs-olympics-7ff56cbeed2cbe83e3f623b326a08892? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 24, 2023 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2023 Olympic organizers to release more than 400,000 new tickets for the Paris Games and Paralympics PARIS (AP) — Olympic organizers will release 400,000 extra tickets for next year’s Paris Games and the Paralympics at the end of the month. https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-paris-tickets-sale-c33f7a7561701ae911e782c3e6ce874b? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted February 1 Author Members Share Posted February 1 Paris 2024 opening ceremony attendees estimate cut to 300,000 PARIS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The number of people set to attend the opening ceremony of this year's Olympics has been estimated at about 300,000, French Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday, around half as many as were previously expected. https://www.reuters.com/sports/paris-2024-opening-ceremony-estimate-attendees-drops-down-300000-2024-01-31/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 18 Author Members Share Posted April 18 🏊 100 days to Olympics Sprinter Gabby Thomas poses during a Team USA media summit at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square yesterday. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters The Summer Olympics will open in Paris 100 days from today, on July 26. "For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, the Opening Ceremony will not take place in a stadium," the official Olympics site says. Instead, the parade of 10,500 athletes will wind through the center of Paris on the River Seine. Boats for each nation will be equipped with cameras, allowing TV and online viewers to see athletes up close. Olympics countdown clock near the Eiffel Tower in Paris early today. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images Go deeper ... Team USA media guide (62 pages). Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 30 Author Members Share Posted April 30 🥇 Goldman's Olympic warning A bronze statue of a discus thrower stands opposite the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens after the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame on Friday. Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images Goldman Sachs is warning bankers against sneaky business trips to Paris so they can watch the Summer Olympics on the company's dime, Bloomberg reports: "The Wall Street giant has told employees in an email that any trips to the French capital city between July 24 and Aug. 14 must first get approval from its finance department." Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 3 Author Members Share Posted May 3 Paris Olympic athletes will feast on freshly baked bread, select cheeses and plenty of veggies PARIS (AP) — Freshly cooked bread, select cheeses and a broad veggie offer will be among the meals to be offered to athletes and visitors during the 2024 Paris Olympics — including, of course, gourmet dishes created by renowned French chefs. https://apnews.com/article/olympics-paris-french-food-vegetarian-f863445f5b44d868b6949f34f5f70403? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 10 Author Members Share Posted May 10 Olympic torch begins journey across France after festive welcome in Marseille before Summer Games MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Tens of thousands of people welcomed the Olympic torch Wednesday in the southern French city of Marseille, marking another milestone in the lead-up to the Summer Games in Paris. https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-torch-arrival-marseille-d954536cfeef8e000b36260c5a5f1853? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 12 Author Members Share Posted May 12 Paralympian loses medals and equipment in Brazilian floods but is improvising to qualify for Paris PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Vanderson Chaves has faced many challenges in more than a decade as a Paralympic fencer, but none as fearsome as the massive floods in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state. https://apnews.com/article/paralympian-floods-brazil-paris-2fc88200165a5a437ebde4fa9f2658fc? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 19 Author Members Share Posted May 19 🥖 1 for the road: Paris friendliness pledge Photo: Adam Davy/PA via Getty Images France is determined to shake its clichéd reputation for rudeness to welcome more than 1 million Summer Olympics visitors set to inject $12 billion into the economy, Axios' Ivana Saric reports. 🤝 More than 1,600 Parisian businesses signed a hospitality charter with various commitments to simplify travelers' experiences and promote sustainability. 📜 Participating businesses will clearly display the languages spoken by staff, and offer menus and information in multiple languages. Workers are being trained by the city to answer tourists' questions, The Washington Post reported. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 30 Author Members Share Posted May 30 Simone Biles steps up Olympic preparations The decorated athlete continues her journey to a third Olympic Games as she competes at this week's Xfinity US Gymnastics Championships. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 31 Author Members Share Posted May 31 12 years later, American Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus will get gold medal at ceremony in Paris There’s no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone found out later, was doping. https://apnews.com/article/olympics-doping-demus-c6ff7b7c5149a9bc196c5cfad505e6dc? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 4 Author Members Share Posted June 4 Simone Biles dominates, winning record-extending 9th all-around national title The champion gymnast scored another major win ahead of the Olympic Trials later this month. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 5 Author Members Share Posted June 5 Russian misinformation campaign targets Paris Olympics, report says Russian propagandists are seeking to discredit the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and incite fears of terrorism at this summer's Olympic Games in Paris, according to a new Microsoft report released Sunday. https://www.axios.com/2024/06/03/russia-paris-olympics-misinformation-report? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 5 Author Members Share Posted June 5 ‘SNL’ lampooned men in artistic swimming. Bill May could be the sport’s first male Olympian NEW YORK (AP) — Bill May chuckles at the mere mention of the words “Saturday Night Live,” knowing that the conversation is about to turn to the TV show’s 1984 skit starring Martin Short as one of two brothers attempting to make it to the Olympics in what then was called synchronized swimming. https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-bill-may-male-artistic-swimming-synchronized-73b1a984c7f119658c7a733b15717b4f? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 9 Author Members Share Posted June 9 🏊 Olympics open next month Photo: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images The Olympic Rings — all 30 tons of them — are unveiled today on the Eiffel Tower, 50 days from the Opening Ceremony along the River Seine on July 26. Photo: Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images 🏐 Men's and women's volleyball players will compete at the foot of the tower, nicknamed La Dame de Fer (The Iron Lady). 13,000 fans will watch at the temporary Eiffel Tower Stadium on the Champ de Mars, where Parisians and tourists picnic. Read on. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 13 Author Members Share Posted June 13 🤺 One local Olympian By Maxwell Millington and Mimi Montgomery Local fencer and Olympic competitor Tatiana Nazlymov. Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images Bethesda fencer Tatiana Nazlymov is making her Olympic debut next month. Why it matters: The 19-year-old Princeton student is among a handful of people with DMV ties headed to Paris for the summer games. Zoom in: Nazlymov, who went to Georgetown Day School, picked up the sport at age 9 and grew up fencing at her family's club in Bethesda, Nazlymov Fencing. Fencing runs in the family — her father, Vitali Nazlymov, is an NCAA champion, and her grandfather, Vladimir Nazlymov, is a three-time Olympic champion. Fave D.C. spots: In high school, she and her friends would shop in Georgetown, and frequent SeoulSpice in Tenleytown for lunch. Also a fave: boba — specifically Kung Fu Tea's lychee black tea. Keep reading. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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