Olympics: French President Wishes Flawless Paris 2024 Games
French President Emmanuel Macron visited the nation’s National Institute of Sport and Performance (INSEP) on Tuesday, hoping to give a boost to the country’s athletes while insisting the organisation of the Paris 2024 Olympics needs to be flawless.
President Macron took spoke with members of France’s judo team, telling them how much he ‘relied on (them) in this Olympic year’.
“I count on you not only to bring medals, but to inspire the youth. Do your best,” President Macron said.
“Are you ready?,” President Macron then told the coaches. “Anyway, you’re under big pressure.”
Macron, who said France were able to finish in the “top five of the medals table”, then addressed a thousand of guests, among them some 500 athletes to stress that France would be ready for the ‘unique opportunity’ that home Games are.
“We will pursue our efforts after 2024 as we also have to organise the 2030 (Winter) Games (in Nice), I give you my word it will be the case until the end of my term (in 2027),” he added.
Up to 500,000 are expected to attend the opening ceremony on the banks and surroundings of the River Seine, with some 30,000 law enforcement officers on site to secure the event.
“The second challenge is the challenge of public transportation. It is a massive challenge,” President Macron said. “We will succeed. And the third challenge is that competition venues need to be accessible to the disabled.”
“We’ve been acting on it (accessibility) even if we need to look up to the more accessible cities (in the world). We’ve been late on this topic in France and we need to pursue or efforts to catch up.”
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