Love and the Olympic Games
On Valentines Day 40 years ago, the story of two doomed lovers captivated the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. On an electric night, Great Britain’s Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean wrote their names into Olympic lore with their interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s Bolero. […]
Olympic medals to be set with metal from the Eiffel Tower
Medals at Paris 2024 will each contain a small piece of original metal from the Eiffel Tower as part of their medals. “We wanted these medals to be truly unique, to bear the Paris 2024 signature. To achieve this, we married the strongest symbol of the Games, […]
Did the first Youth Olympics really take place in Paris 100 years ago?
This week, the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are set to open in Gangwon, South Korea. They are the fourth in the series of Winter YOG and the first to be held outside Europe. The concept was devised under the late IOC President Jacques Rogge […]
“A Veritable Ode to Sport”
Paris 2024 announce team leaders for Torch Relay. Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has described plans for this year’s Olympic Torch Relay as “a veritable ode to sport,” as leaders of “teams” who are to carry the Flame on specific stages of its journey through France were revealed. […]
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