The Paris 2024 Olympic Games, one year later: four documentaries to relive the event

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One year ago, on July 26, 2024, the Paris Olympic Games (Olympics) opened. Feared and criticized by some—for the crowds, the prices, the investment costs, the closure of entire neighborhoods, the security risks, etc.—, eagerly awaited and praised by others—the last Olympic Games hosted by the French capital dated back to 1924 and were supposed to be an opportunity to show a positive side of France—they were a real breath of fresh air in a politically fractured country after a surprise dissolution of the National Assembly in June and the risk of the far right coming to power. "La Matinale du Monde" invites you to relive these timeless summer weeks, from the opening ceremony to the closing of the Paralympic Games in September.

Creative, innovative, moving, inclusive, sustainable, magnificent… The commentators are running out of adjectives (in English) to describe the four hours they have just experienced, following the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. A year later, we almost tend to forget it. Hence the need to immerse ourselves in this magical bubble, thanks to the recording made by the exclusive producer Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) , a subsidiary of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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