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French Olympic and Paralympic athletes enjoy 'golden' send-off in Paris

France bid a final and reluctant farewell to the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a parade on the Champs-Elysees followed by an evening concert. Many of France's medal winners were presented with the country's top award, the Legion d'Honneur, by President Emmanuel Macron.

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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games finish with sound and light spectacular

The 17th Paralympic Games ended on Sunday night with a spectacular son-et-lumière flourish in front of thousands of Paralympians as well as 65,000 spectators at a rain-soaked Stade de France in Saint Denis.

Radio France Internationale

The End Of Olympic Escapism For Gloomy France

The end of the widely hailed Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this weekend will be greeted with pride and relief, as well as trepidation in a country in the throes of a deep political crisis.

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Paris 2024 Paralympics explode into action with lavish opening ceremony

The 17th Paralympic Games was launched on Wednesday night with a four-hour sight and sound spectacular in central Paris involving the 4,000 competitors who will take part in the 11-day festival of 22 para sports as well as hundreds of dancers and musicians with and without disabilities.

Radio France Internationale

Paralympics open as Paris vows to host 'fun revolution'

Paris has been urged to host a Paralympic Games typified by revolution, after the French capital put on an enthralling opening ceremony.

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‘A true fervour’: Organisers rally locals to get behind Paris 2024 Paralympics

Exhilarating sport is guaranteed even if scepticism remains about scheduling the Games at the end of Les vacances

The Guardian - UK

British athletes light Paralympic Flame in birthplace of Games near London

Four days before the Paris Paralympics begin, the torch was lit on Saturday next to the English hospital where the idea for the competition was born. The flame arrives in France on Sunday via the Channel tunnel.

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French interior minister says 25,000 police will guard the Paralympic Games

France’s interior minister says that about 25,000 police officers will be deployed every day in Paris and beyond to watch over the Paralympic Games, in line with the security implemented during the Olympics

The Independent UK

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

As the Paris Olympics ends with a spectacular closing ceremony, we take a look at some of the key moments.

Al Jazeera

France 'happy' and 'united' in success as Paris Olympics draw to an end

As the 2024 Paris Olympics wind down ahead of Sunday's closing ceremony, organisers have celebrated the country as being 'united' and 'happy' during the widely hailed two-week sports extravaganza amid doubts about how long the feel-good mood will last.

Radio France Internationale

Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet has ‘no regrets’ and calls Olympics a ‘huge success’

Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet insisted he has “no regrets at all” about how the Olympics have unfolded despite some controversies at the…

The National (Scotland)

Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet has ‘no regrets’ and calls Olympics ‘huge success’

Estanguet acknowledged that the Games were not perfect and organisers had issues to resolve

The Independent UK

Paris's eco-friendly Olympic Village gets mixed reviews from athletes

Athletes have mixed reviews for the veggie-heavy cafeteria, limited air conditioning and cardboard beds on offer at the Olympic Village north of Paris, which organisers designed to be the most sustainable yet.

Radio France Internationale

'Low-emissions' Food Leaves Some Paris Olympics Athletes Craving Meat

An ambition from Paris Olympics organisers to cut the carbon footprint of catering at this year's eco-friendly Games has run into a problem: the huge appetites of meat-loving athletes.

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The Guardian - UK

Unseasonal rainfall leaves Seine safe swimming plan in tatters at Paris 2024

City’s €1.4bn river clean-up has hugely improved water quality but the weekend’s downpours have exposed the risks in Olympic swimming plans

The Independent UK

Triathlon training cancelled again over water concerns in the Seine

Heavy rain on Friday and into Saturday has affected the levels of bacteria in the water.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Olympics become a matter of medals after stars reign on the Seine

The first medals will be handed out at the Paris Olympics on Saturday after the 2024 Games were officially launched with a spectacular four-hour, rain-soaked ceremony along the river Seine.

The Guardian - UK

‘Dream with us’: Bach delivers message of hope as rain fails to ruin Paris parade

The lingering applause at the Trocadéro suggested the crowd loved it and the Olympic Games opening ceremony delivered a thrilling final hour in the rain

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The Independent UK

Olympic cauldron is lit by French gold medalists Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec

French Olympic gold medalists Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec teamed to light the cauldron for the Paris Olympics to end an elaborate but rain-soaked opening ceremony

Radio France Internationale

Paris Olympics embraces modern life with age-old burdens

Just a few weeks before the start of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the American former athlete Tommie Smith was in the French capital and inter alia recounting how he and fellow sprinters John Carlos and Peter Norman essentially winged their way into what would become one of the most…

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Designing the Olympics: Wallpaper* interviews Joachim Roncin, director of design for Paris 2024

How do you begin to design the Olympics? We pulled up a pew with the director of design for Paris 2024 to learn more about gender-free mascots with a genital likeness and medals made from the Eiffel Tower

The Independent UK

Tickets still unsold for Olympic opening ceremony and 100m finals at Paris 2024

Organisers have played down fears that reduced interest has slowed ticket sales

The Guardian - UK

Paris organisers say balance important but security at Games the main priority

Safety of spectators and athletes given as the eason for ‘unprecedented’ security and residents have to show Olympic accreditation to enter closed-off areas

International Business Times

'We're Ready', Say Paris Olympics Organisers

Paris Olympics supremo Tony Estanguet said Sunday that the city was "ready" for the Games as he played down complaints from some residents and businesses about the impact of the event.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Police and military secure the city ahead of the Olympic Games

The head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that France’s capital would be “the safest place in the world” when the Games open. Tony Estanguet’s confident forecast, delivered a year ago, looks less far-fetched ahead of the opening ceremony Friday. Squadrons of police are patrolling Paris streets and fighter jets…

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