2024 Olympics!! Paris officially announced its bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and bring the global sports event back to the French capital for the first time in a century. Paris 2024 promises a feasible and flexible Games concept. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will announce the candidate cities that made it to the shortlist in 2016, before voting for a winner in the summer of 2017.
Paris lost bids to stage the 1992, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. The latter went to London.We analysed the reasons for the failures,” “The main thing is that the world of sport will lead this bid. The politicians … won’t be on the front line.”Three-time Olympic gold medallist, canoeist Tony Estanguet, will be a prominent member of the bidding team.
Paris will roll out an Olympic declaration with more political and state pomp on July 14 when a national parade is held along the Champs Elysees. The proposal includes holding one sport under the Eiffel Tower as well as at the Stade de France, which was used for the 1998 World Cup final.On the financial side, French organisers say the cost will be about six billion euros ($6.8 billion) and they will get a big chunk of that from the IOC.
The Azerbaijan capital, Baku, which is currently hosting the first European Games, could soon make a pitch, Olympic officials said. The Qatar capital Doha is also considering a move.
MUST KNOW
- French President- François Hollande
- French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) head- Denis Masseglia
- Sports Minister –Patrick Kanner
- International Olympic Committee (IOC) president- Thomas Bach
