In full imbroglio, Tony Estanguet assures that basketball will be played well in Lille for the 2024 Olympic Games.
By Le Figaro with AFP
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«Basketball and hand will be played in Lille in 2024“, said Thursday the president of the organizing committee of the Paris-2024 Olympic Games, Tony Estanguet, while the international basketball federation (Fiba) asked for clarifications before giving full and complete agreement. “We still have a certain amount of work to do together with the international federations, with the local players, to make these two great moments great successes.“Added Tony Estanguet to the press during a visit to the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, located in Villeneuve-d’Ascq (North), the arena of the Lille football club. “Everything is not yet resolved but we are very confident in our ability to answer all questions in the coming months.“, he added, alongside the secretary general of Fiba, Andreas Zagklis.
The group stages of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments of the 2024 Olympics must take place in Pierre-Mauroy, before the knockout stages in Bercy. But several subjects, related in particular to the air conditioning of the stadium in basketball configuration, had sparked discussions within Fiba, which gave in December “with reservations» his green light for the organization of the group stages in Lille. “We want to come here provided these matters are resolved“, for his part declared Andreas Zagklis, who said to himself “confident». «Paris-2024 has made a lot of progress in recent months and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel“, he added.
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Asked about the semantic difference between his “trust“And the certainties displayed by Tony Estanguet, he assured:”I don’t think we’re saying different things, we’re exactly on the same line“. On the ticket office of the 2024 Olympics as well as on the official site of the Games, it is stipulated that the group stages will take place in Lille. The knockout stages of handball tournaments must also take place in this venue, after group stages at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris. A subject that does not raise the same questions as in basketball.
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