On the evening of the 13th local time, the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee held a press conference to announce the approved opening ceremony ideas for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. For the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is about to usher in the 50-day countdown, people in the French sports world are also full of expectations.
Tony Estangay, President of the Paris Organising Committee: I myself will go to Beijing to continue to observe the work of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, just like I went to Tokyo before, which is a good opportunity for us to make progress, and this is also my respect for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Brigitte Henrique, President of the French National Olympic and Sports Commission: Our athletes are fighting with all their might, and now it's mainly the World Championships in skiing, so the skiers are fully committed. Until January 21 next year, there are still many competitions to finalize the eligibility for the Beijing Winter Olympics, so it will not be until then that our delegation will be formed, and we will probably have about 100 athletes participating. We're happy to have an audience in France to support us, and of course I'll go to [Beijing].
In addition, according to the President of the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee, Estangai, the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on the evening of July 26, 2024 will break through the restrictions of the stadium for the first time, and the 6-kilometer-long Seine River channel and the area along the line will be used as the opening ceremony site, and the number of people expected to watch the ceremony on the spot can reach 600,000. Meanwhile, some 10,500 athletes will travel from east to west in more than 160 boats to the Trocadero Park, just across the river from paris's landmark Eiffel Tower, where the ceremony of the opening ceremony will be completed.