2024-08-04 12:15:19
Olympic passion is taking root in many areas of Paris, a week after the start of the Olympic Games. From café terraces near entertainment venues to more romantic areas, Parisians mingle with hundreds of thousands of local and foreign visitors. Looking back in pictures at the end of a famous festival marked by a marathon in the center of Paris.
Published on: 08/04/2024 – 2:15.
5 min
No QR codes, no expensive tickets, no long lines. The cycling races in the center of Paris on August 3 and 4 give thousands of people the opportunity to see the peloton of Olympic athletes with their own eyes, in an unexpected way.
Jubilant spectators react as the Olympic peloton passes through the streets of Paris, August 3, 2024. © Mehdi Chebil, France 24
Massed behind the iron barrier, aficionados of the little queen and simply curious people were able to see the star of the parade day, the Belgian runner Remco Evenepoel, author of a double story about winning men’s cycling on Saturday after having won gold in the time trials last week.
Many Parisians were able to watch the marathon from their balconies. © Mehdi Chebil, France 24
The loop of 273 kilometers, for 2,800 meters of elevation gain, begins and ends at the Paris postcard, after passing through the Chevreuse valley, southwest of the capital. Before reaching the Trocadéro, the Olympic peloton passed through the northern suburbs of Paris, climbing the cliffs of Montmartre, Ménilmontant and Belleville in the atmosphere of a popular celebration.
The Olympic peloton played in front of a huge crowd, in an atmosphere of popular cheer. © Mehdi Chebil, France 24
An unforgettable sight for Chantal Mansfield, who accompanies students with disabilities, accompanied by Sasha, her 10-year-old daughter.
“It’s a unique opportunity for him,” enthuses the Briton, who lives with his family in Brittany. “We were a little scared about the schedule of the Olympics but everything is working well!”
Chantal Mansfield (center) and her daughter Sasha attend judo events on August 3, 2024, in the fanzone installed at the Arènes de Lutèce in Paris. © Mehdi Chebil, France 24
After the cycling race, Chantal Mansfield and her daughter went to the Lutèce playgrounds, where a small fanzone was set up. The Gallo-Roman amphitheater built in the 2nd century, which has seen shows ranging from bloody gladiator fights to peaceful games of pétanque, now vibrates to the noise of the Olympics.
Overview of the Arènes de Lutèce, an amphitheater built between the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century, where a small fanzone was installed on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Mehdi Chebil
A roar of victory rose from the stands as Teddy Riner’s French judo team defeated Japan. Chantal immortalizes the explosion of joy around you with your cell phone.
The worker explained: “My friends abroad saw that the French were indifferent to the Olympics, so I sent them a video to show them the festive weather here.”
A Brazilian samba dancer in the fields of Lutèce during a festive interlude between the two broadcasts of the Olympic events on the big screen of the fanzone. © Mehdi Chebil, France 24
The atmosphere of Olympic enthusiasm is still the best surprise for Marie Heyraud, a project manager who lives in Paris.
A restaurant-bar located between the Champs-de-Mars and the Invalides sports grounds is full of customers during the Olympics. © Mehdi Chebil, France 24
“Basically, I wanted to rent out my apartment for the duration of the Olympics and it’s a good thing in the end that I didn’t succeed!” cried the young Parisian. “A lot of my friends have gone and they regret it now… it’s really something you have to experience once in your life.”
Manuel Brand and Inès Rivero, a German-Spanish couple, await the raising of the Olympic cauldron near the Tuileries, on August 3, 2024. © Mehdi Chebil, France 24
He is preparing to eat with three friends who came from the United Kingdom especially for the Olympics. They went to a cycling race earlier in the streets of the capital. After the opening ceremony, it is a new famous event that “gives a very beautiful image of France”.
Marie Heyraud, a 28-year-old Parisian, is happy to have stayed in the capital for the Olympics. © Mehdi Chebil, France 24
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