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Added on the 23/07/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Paris, Aug 8 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Ian Langsdon) Paris took over from Tokyo this Sunday and officially welcomed this new Olympic stage with a ceremony in the capital that served as an aperitif for the Games of 2024.FOOTAGE OF THE CELEBRATION CLOSE TO THE EIFFEL TOWER IN PARIS.
As the Tokyo Olympics draw to a close, a flypast above the French capital marks the handover of the Games to Paris. IMAGES
The International Olympic Committee has given the go-ahead for a number of new sports to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. According to CNN, one notable newcomer will be breakdancing. It will be the first DanceSport event to appear at an Olympic Games, having been staged at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires two years ago. The IOC executive board also announced that skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing will be featured in Paris, too. Those three events were due to debut at the postponed Tokyo Games. Today is a historic occasion, not only for b-boys and b-girls but for all dancers around the world. Shawn Tay President, World DanceSport Federation
On the quays of the Seine in Paris, the clock showing the countdown to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games hits the symbolic 100 day mark. IMAGES
Four months ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera inaugurates the Yves-du-Manoir stadium, in the northwestern Paris suburb of Colombes. The stadium, which was the main site for the 1924 Paris Olympics is ready, a century later, to welcome hundreds of participants and tens of thousands of spectators. IMAGES