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Iran's Armin Hadipour Seighalani and Colombia's Jefferson Ochoa Fernandez compete in the taekwondo men's -58kg elimination round bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. As the Tokyo Olympics bade farewell on Sunday, a year later than planned, organisers of the 2024 Paris Games looked forward to welcoming the world to France in three years.
Paris 2024 chief Tony Estanguet, a three-time gold medallist in canoe slalom, praised everyone involved with the Tokyo Games for managing to hold the event amid a global pandemic. As the Olympic flag was passed from Tokyo to Paris on Sunday, though, Estanguet talked up his team’s plans to host their first Summer Games since 1924.
“We waited an extra year for this moment, but we are already waiting 100 years to bring the Olympic flag back to Paris, so the excitement is very strong in our team and back home in France,” Estanguet said.Competitions are to be held at the Place de la Concorde, Champs de Mars, Les Invalides and the Palace of Versailles, among other high-profile spots.“Every host city must bring something new and contribute to the evolution of the Games,” Estanguet said.
“With Paris 2024, our ambition is to offer a new model to open the Games to more people. This starts with offering the Games to the city.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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