The stadiums have been built and 8m tickets sold. Can the notoriously pessimistic French public’s enthusiasm for the Games catch up?
In a live television interview under the steel and glass roof of Paris’s Grand Palais – the centrepiece of this summer’s Olympic Games – Emmanuel Macron set out his ambitions for the country’s athletes in much the same way he might outline a political manifesto.
They had one goal: to take enough medals to be among the Games’ top five Olympic and top eight Paralympic nations. He was putting pressure on them, he said last week – previously described as “healthy pressure” – but the goal was “absolutely attainable”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/20/i-dont-dare-consider-what-it-will-be-like-with-100-days-to-go-until-the-olympics-is-paris-ready
Author : Kim Willsher in Paris
Publish date : 2024-04-20 13:00:27
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