Olympic Games News
Paris 2024 gets ready to take the baton from Tokyo 2020 on August 8th
On Tuesday 8th June, Paris 2024, in partnership with the Eiffel Tower Operating Company, conducted a large-scale test on the Eiffel Tower as part of preparations for festivities linked to the Handover Ceremony with Tokyo 2020.
Paris 2024 kicks off its licensing program in the run-up to the Games
Paris 2024 has started publishing calls for interest to develop its official licensing program for the Olympic & Paralympic Games. Between now and 2024, a total of 10,000 references of Official Licensed Products – including apparel, accessories, stationery, publishing, toys & games, electronics, homeware, gift & novelties, luggage and eyewear – will be made available to the public through all retail channels.
Paris 2024 concludes 2020 with an even stronger project
As 2020 draws to a close, Paris 2024 and all its stakeholders have approved a new optimised concept for the Games that consolidates its strengths.
Paris 2024 will be the first 100% Gender Equal Games in history
Paris 2024 is delighted with the IOC Executive Board’s decisions from 7 December 2020. In addition to the historic announcement of perfect parity between female and male athletes, for the first time in the history of the Games, the IOC unveiled the sports programme for the Paris 2024 Games, with eight new events, while confirming the inclusion of the four additional sports proposed by Paris 2024.
Paris 2024 presents a new concept that reinforces its existing strengths
Following a six-month stakeholder engagement, a new venue masterplan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games was presented during the Paris 2024 Executive Board meeting on 25 November 2020.
Paris 2024 is delighted IOC maintains initial schedule set sports programme
During its meeting today in Lausanne, the IOC Executive Board confirmed that the programme for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (sports / disciplines) will be known in December 2020, as initially planned.
Channel 4 continues longstanding commitment to Paralympic sport
With exactly four years to go until the Opening Ceremony, Channel 4 has today been awarded the UK television rights to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Paris 2024 welcomes the decision to postpone the Tokyo Games
The joint decision by the Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is proportional to the severity of the health crisis we are facing. It mirrors the need to rank human health and efforts to stop this virus spreading above any other consideration.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics delayed until next summer
The Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic games will be moved to next year as the world battles the coronavirus outbreak. The event had been due to begin on July 24th.
Paris 2024 commits to a climate positive Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Paris 2024 Board of Directors met on 16 March to approve the Games’ climate strategy which, in line with the Paris Agreement, will considerably reduce CO2 emissions and willoffset in excess of its residual emissions linked to the event. As a result, Paris 2024 will become climate positive, a world’s first for a sports event.
IOC Executive Board approves two new iconic venues for Paris 2024
Paris 2024 is delighted that the IOC Executive Board has approved the Teahupo’o site in Tahiti for surfing events and Place de la Concorde for urban sports. Two new iconic, spectacular and sustainable venues that will be the stage for events from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games’ additional sports.
Paris 2024 teams up with teachers, doctors, athletes and influencers
Paris 2024 organised the 5th Olympic and Paralympic Week (OPW) aimed at promoting the benefits of physical activity and the Olympic and Paralympic values to the youth of the nation. 3,000 schools accross France took part in the programme and developed dedicated projects, raising awareness amongst the over 500,000 students and 200 athletes involved throughout the week.