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The Paris 2024 club, open to all, is a bit like the gateway to Paris 2024. Initiated four years before the Olympic deadline, it allows the French to unite around the project.
While it appears that polls done in Japan show how far locals are moving away from the Tokyo 2020 Games: barely 23.9% of those polled want the Games to take place next summer (the event was due to start on Friday July 24 but has been shifted due to coronavirus), Paris 2024 is launching its club. This Tuesday, July 21, Tony Estanguet and his organizing committee presented the “Paris 2024 club” project.
Challenge the judokate Clarisse Agbenegnou, swim with Florent Manaudou
The Paris 2024 club is open to all and free. You just have to give your email address on the website www.paris2024.org. Many activities and meetings will be offered to members, such as challenging the greatest French champions in their discipline. The club will provide experiences with active athletes. Play basketball with Tony Parker or stay up for as long as possible against judokate Clarisse Agbenegnou, four-time world champion. And it won’t be worth it to be a seasoned athlete.
Those who wish can devote time to the event by promoting the Olympic Games, others can contribute ideas.
It is necessary ” engage the country in the adventure », Explains Tony Estanguet. For the French public, it is not necessary to live the Olympics ” just at the time of the competition “, Suggests the former biathlon champion Martin Fourcade, member of the Paris 2024 Athletes’ Commission.” I thought about what athletes can bring to sports fans. I would like the Olympic adventure to last not just two weeks, but four years. We want to share this adventure », Adds Martin Fourcade. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, a club is created to unite the population. This summer, it will be possible to swim a 200m with Florent Manaudou or even do a triathlon with Vincent Luis.
Involve the population as early as possible
For the moment, a few thousand people are in the Paris 2024 club base. The stated objective is to connect as many people as possible to the project. Usually, the general public is interested in the event just a few months before the deadline. ” We want to open the Games as soon as possible “, Affirms Tony Estanguet who even indicates that some members of the club could carry the Olympic flame which will traverse the Hexagon. Club members will also be informed of the opening of the ticket office. The club could also be used for recruiting volunteers.
The organizers of Paris 2024 are trying to get out of the classic scheme of the Games and get as many people as possible to join. This will perhaps avoid criticism as the deadline approaches … Unlike other cities, Paris has not consulted its population with a view to its candidacy. If Tokyo is trying to restore public confidence, Paris 2024 is giving itself the margin by wanting to integrate the French population into the global event. ” At each Games, opinion varies between pro and con. This is the lot for the organizing city. We are all mobilized to make Paris 2024 a success », Comments Tony Estanguet.
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