Paris 2024 Choose Cauldron Designer
French Designer Mathieu Lehanneur has been appointed to create the cauldron for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Organisers have said that he was chosen “for his poetic and highly symbolic approach, along with his ability to grasp the values and expectations of Paris […]
One year on from Beijing 2022
Exactly a year ago, Beijing’s “Birds Nest” became the first stadium to stage the Opening Ceremony for both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Just as in 2008, the ceremonies were directed by Zhang Yimou although with a fraction of the budget and a fraction of the crowd. […]
Paris 2024 Coins Issued
A special hexagonal €10 (£8.74/$9.83) silver coin has been specially struck at the Monnaie de Paris. “We wanted to portray in metal, all the atmosphere of competition and show the talented athletes surpassing themselves and expressing the pride of the nation in hosting this event,” Monnaie de France chief engraver Joaquin […]
Munich’s Olympic Park still going strong
Those who attended our General Assembly in Munich’s Olympic village, last September will have seen at first hand that the Olympic Park remains a vibrant part of the city’s life as it enters its second half century. The Superbloom Music Festival, blessed for the most part with fine weather […]
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