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Paris (AFP) – “Let’s open the Games wide”: almost two years to the day from the Paris 2024 Olympics, their slogan was unveiled on Monday July 25, 2022 by the organizers, who also detailed their program and ticketing.
An edition placed under the sign of openness. Unique for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the slogan is therefore synonymous with inclusion of people with disabilities, openness to territories ” from Versailles to Saint-Denis “, where several events will take place, and witness to ” the audacity, the creativity, the avant-garde spirit that make up the identity of France “, according to the Organizing Committee (Cojo).
If the Latin Olympic motto is ” Faster Higher Stronger “, that is ” Faster, higher, stronger », each host city chooses its own slogan to accompany its edition.
« Let’s open the Games wide, it’s finally been our course since day one, it’s this ambition to think of all the markers for the opening “, explained the boss of the Cojo Tony Estanguet, after his meeting with the government and the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron.
In addition to this motto, the Cojo has detailed the program of the Olympic Games, whose opening ceremony will be held on July 26, 2024, in almost two years.
The organizers wanted work on a better balance of men’s and women’s events “, insisted Michaël Aloïsio, spokesperson for Paris 2024.
« The 2024 Paris Games will be the first joint Olympics “, he recalled, before announcing that “ so as not to install the idea that the women’s events launch the men’s events “, the women’s marathon will follow the men’s event and will close the athletics program, for the first time since its integration into the 1984 Olympics.
In this spirit, the final of the women’s Olympic basketball tournament will also take place after that of the basketball players, on the last day of the Olympics, and women’s judo, table tennis, canoeing or athletics events will take place in “prime- time”.
The fee schedule, accessible to as many people as possible according to Tony Estanguet, was also on the agenda: ” 50% of Olympic tickets 50% of Paralympic tickets at less than 50 euros, and only 8% of tickets at more than 200 euros, it is really the ambition to have (…) full stadiums. »
Michaël Aloïsio also announced that ” for all sports, tickets start at €24, with an overall volume of one million tickets at this price ».
Finally, concerning the ticketing system, Olympic sports enthusiasts will have to register for a draw in December 2022, then the start of sales will take place in February 2023, in packs of three events or sessions to choose from, before the opening of the single tickets in May. In total, thirteen million tickets will be offered for the Olympics.
« People will be able to compose their packs, by drawing: some will want several table tennis sessions, others will be in Marseille and will want to see sailing and football… “, explained Michaël Aloïsio.
