Why are athletics and swimming the royal sports of the Olympics?

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2024-08-02 21:45:03

During these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, 77,000 spectators will be able to attend 48 sports events, while the two Olympic pools will host 37 swimming events in the Paris La Défense Arena. Athletes and swimming, two sports that fill stadiums and water towers and make the spectators tremble. One evening at the Games focus on the two sports. Economic benefits, the work of the federation, media coverage, why these sports can not win?

Why are athletics and swimming the royal sports of the Olympics?

Ariarne Titmus of Australia in the pool at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, July 29, 2024. REUTERS – Marko Djurica

With our guests:

  • Françoise Mbango, RFI consultant for these Paris 2024 French athletes, especially in the triple jump. Olympic champion in 2004 and 2008, she is the only Cameroonian athlete in history, men and women combined, to have won a world or Olympic title.
  • Christophe Joussethead of RFI’s sports department.

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