Faster, higher, stronger … and healthier: chicken nuggets off menu at Paris 2024 | Paris Olympic Games 2024
That’s enough to wake up Usain Bolt in a cold sweat: chicken nuggets will be off the menu at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Michelin-starred cuisine and plant-based meat alternatives on offer in the athletes’ village instead. The Jamaican sprinter famously claimed to have eaten 1,000 nuggets over 10 days when he won gold in […]
Olympic stars test out the anti-sex beds in Paris
everyone, Let’s all have sex! The stars of the 2024 Olympics have shown off the bed’s sturdiness in a video featuring physical activities that don’t involve actual sex, dispelling the notion that Paris beds are as “anti-sex” as initially believed. Australian tennis Olympians Dahlia Seville and Ellen Perez and Irish gymnast Reece McClenaghan are among […]
LeBron James named Team USA men’s flag bearer for Paris Olympics opening ceremonies
LeBron James was selected as one of the flag bearers for the U.S. team at the Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony on Monday. The Los Angeles Lakers’ James is a two-time gold medalist. He helped the U.S. basketball team win gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. CLICK HERE FOR […]
Paris’ Olympics security plans include armed soldiers, fighter jets, AI surveillance — worrying critics
PARIS — A year ago, Paris Olympics The capital of France is The safest place in the world Tony Estanguet’s confident prediction is that when the Olympics open this Friday, police forces will patrol the streets of Paris, fighter jets and soldiers will be ready for emergency deployment. Installing security barriers with metal fences It […]
France Sees Largest Military Encampment in Paris Since WWII
PARIS (AP) — A year ago, the head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that the French capital would be “the safest place in the world” when the games opened this Friday. With police forces patrolling the streets of Paris, fighter jets and soldiers on standby and a heavy security barrier of metal fencing erected […]
‘It’s a very strange feeling’: can the man who won Olympic gold bring glory to the Paris Games? | Paris Olympic Games 2024
IIt must be a pretty strange feeling. You’re in charge of the biggest event your country has ever hosted. You’ve been working on this event for almost 10 years, basically sacrificing everything else in your life, and now it’s just one week away. “It’s a very strange feeling,” said Tony Estanguet, president of the 2024 […]
‘I just love proving people wrong’: Georgie Brayshaw, the rower who came out of a coma | Paris Olympic Games 2024
“G“Georgina? Hello? Georgina?” George Brayshaw parks his car on the side of a road somewhere in Switzerland, I think in Bern, and presses it against the back window to get better reception. “How’s Switzerland…” the phone hangs up. “…What? It’s hung up…” And then it hangs up again. “How’s Switzerland…” a truck passes by. “…it’s […]
Paris mayor swims in Seine River before 2024 Summer Olympics
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has finally made good on a promise to bathe in the long-polluted Seine to prove it is safe ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, which begin next week. Hidalgo insists that Paris’ famous river is safe to swim in for three triathlons and a marathon swim planned to take place in […]
Paris Mayor Swims in Seine River to Prove Safety Ahead of Olympics
PARIS (AP) — After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo bathed in the long-polluted Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host the 2024 Olympic swimming events and the opening ceremony on the same river, scheduled for nine days later. Clad in a wetsuit and goggles, Hidalgo […]
Paris mayor swims in Seine River to prove it’s clean ahead of Olympic Games
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host Olympic swimming events. Since 2015, $1.5 billion has been spent to clean up the Seine, building a huge underground reservoir in central Paris, upgrading sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants. The […]