MAINTENANCE – The boss of the organizing committee recognizes that “it shakes a little”, two years from the Olympic Games, but he remains ambitious.
Former triple Olympic canoe champion, Tony Estanguet navigates with skill at the head of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee. Le Figaro, it reviews the hot issues two years from an unprecedented opening ceremony.
LE FIGARO. – Two years is both far and near, do you feel the pressure mounting?
Tony ESTANGUET. – We feel that we are getting closer to the event and that there is greater attention everywhere. As soon as something happens, we tend to make the link with Paris 2024, as recently with the Stade de France. There are more comments, reviews. And so we have to face it. I am both very vigilant and humble in the face of this complicated challenge. It shakes a little with the current context, but I knew it would not be a long calm river.
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