The vision is for a legacy of new sporting facilities and regeneration. But many locals in the banlieues fear there will be little change after the show has rolled on
In the table of winners and losers of the Olympic Games, Paris has declared it has snatched gold in a victory over defeatism and doomsaying. As the greatest sporting show on Earth winds up for another four years, the decision to showcase the French capital and its most iconic monuments is the gamble that paid off despite a damp and shaky start.
The rainy and controversial opening ceremony was quickly forgotten as visitors and viewers watched volleyball against the backdrop of the Eiffel tower, fencing under the massive glass-barrelled roof and art nouveau decor of the Grand Palais and triathlon races in the river Seine.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/10/well-just-be-left-with-memories-can-olympic-success-help-transform-the-poorest-suburbs-in-paris
Author : Kim Willsher in Paris
Publish date : 2024-08-10 13:00:43
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