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Paris 2024; Map: Construction works in the preparation for the Olympic Games
Paris 2024; 23 June – Olympic Day 2019 – Place de la Concorde
Paris 2024; Video: In 2024 a new urban park will connect Place du Trocadéro with the Jardin du Champ-de-Mars
Un très grand bravo à Kathryn Gustafson qui remporte le concours Grand Site Tour Eiffel avec le superbe projet OnE1 ! D’ici 2024, nous allons offrir un nouveau parc de plus de 50 hectares aux Parisiennes et aux Parisiens. pic.twitter.com/CqyM9JHgve
— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) 21 mei 2019
Repenser ce site était une évidence : @LaTourEiffel c’est le symbole de Paris mais aussi de la France. 7 millions de visiteurs la gravissent chaque année et 20 millions de personnes viennent l'admirer sans y monter. Nous nous devions de penser l'avenir de cet espace. pic.twitter.com/vhLomf5vnG
— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) 21 mei 2019
Paris 2024; Video Design Olympic Village
#Paris2024 c'est 95% d'infrastructures existantes ou temporaires et des investissements publics de @SOLIDEO_JOP au service des populations. La construction du Village Olympique et Paralympique offrira à la @seinesaintdenis un nouveau quartier durable, social et ouvert. #Mipim2019 pic.twitter.com/5JpaqXaxY3
— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) 12 maart 2019
Poll of the Month; March 2019
Loading ...Paris 2024; Organisers propose 4 new sports
Proposed additional sports by Paris 2024
| Events | Athletes | |||||||
| Male | Female | Mixed | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| Breaking | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Skateboarding | Street | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 48 |
| Park | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 48 | |
| Sport Climbing | Speed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Combined bouldering and lead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| Surfing | Shortboard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 48 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 124 | 124 | 248 | |
Timeline
“Following its submission to the Olympic Programme Commission, Paris 2024’s pre-selection of the four new sports will be officially presented to the IOC Executive Board on 26-28 March 2019, and if supported by the IOC Executive Board will then be presented to the IOC Session in Lausanne this coming June. The IOC will make its final decision on the events programme and athletes’ quota for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in December 2020, including final confirmation of the inclusion of the four sports, following the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.”
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“Should the four sports be approved at this June’s IOC Session, Paris 2024 will then have a year and a half in which to work on its plans, with the aim of providing a detailed response during the course of 2021, following official confirmation of the Paris 2024 programme in December 2020.”
Source: Paris 2024
Paris 2024; Sports programme Paralympic Games
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed the Paris 2024 sports programme;
- Athletics
- Archery
- Badminton
- Blind football
- Boccia
- Canoe
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Goalball
- Judo
- Powerlifting
- Rowing
- Shooting
- Sitting volleyball
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Triathlon
- Wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair fencing
- Wheelchair rugby
- Wheelchair tennis.
Total: 22 Sports (same as Tokyo 2020)
Read more: IPC announces Paris 2024 sports programme (press release IPC)
Update: Video by the IPC
Paris 2024; Video Games Concept / Masterplan (December 2018)
Paris 2024; Arena 92/La Défense Arena; Interview with architect Christian de Portzamparc (by Architectures CREE on YouTube)
Interview in French
Location
Paris 2024; Paris La Défense Arena (U Arena / Arena92)
Capacity: 17.500 Seats
Architect: Christian de Portzamparc
Opened: October 2017
Paris 2024: Artistic gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics & Trampoline