The Olympic Refuge Foundation and Nike to work together to facilitate access to sport for displaced people
International Olympic Committee 6 Sep 2023 – The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) has today announced that it will be collaborating with Nike in order to help displaced young people find belonging through sport. The ORF and Nike have entered into an agreement, which…
Resounding success for Olympic Scholarship holders at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest
International Olympic Committee 29 August 2023 – Ten scholarship holders, including gold medallists Hugues Fabrice Zango and Marileidy Paulino, reached the podium at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, which wrapped up in Budapest on Sunday, 28 August. Botswana’s 20-year-old Letsile…
Paris 2024 unveils torch
Paris 2024 unveils torch for next Olympic and Paralympic Games International Olympic Committee The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay was revealed on Tuesday 25 July. Its designer, Mathieu Lehanneur, was inspired by three symbols of…
IOC President gets a taste of Paris 2024 one year before the Olympic Games
IOC 25 Jul 2023 – With just over one year to go, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach today had a preview of what the world can expect from the Olympic Games Paris 2024, as he visited the Olympic Village and joined athletes…
OMEGA unveils countdown clock to mark one year to go to Paris 2024
IOC 5 Jul 2023 – Worldwide Olympic Partner OMEGA has celebrated one year to go until the Olympic Games Paris 2024 by unveiling the official countdown clock in the French capital. Occupying a prime location beside the River Seine, along which the Opening Ceremony will…
Paris 2024 and the IOC Young Leaders Programme team up to empower African youth through basketball and contribute to Olympism365
International Olympic Committee 31 Jul 2023 – Thanks to Paris 2024’s Impact 2024 International initiative and the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Young Leaders Programme, Najib Chajiddine’s United Maroc project is using basketball to empower African youth – leaving a lasting international legacy from…
Paris 2024: raising the bar for more sustainable sporting events
International Olympic Committee By HSH the Sovereign Prince Albert II of Monaco – Member of the IOC and Chair of the Sustainability and Legacy Commission 31 Jul 2023 – In less than a year, the world will gather for the Olympic Games…
Women will make history at Paris 2024
International Olympic Committee By Nawal El Moutawakel – Executive Board member of the IOC and first Arab African woman to win an Olympic gold medal 27 Jul 2023 – The 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles were a pinnacle moment for…
Paris 2024 Concorde: a unique backdrop for urban sports
IOC 21 Jul 2023 – As the countdown to the one-year-to-go milestone on 26 July approaches, we are taking a look at what will make Paris 2024 truly an Olympic Games of a new era. In the heart of the French…
With one year to go to until Paris 2024, 72% of French people support the organisation of the Games
IOC 24 Jul 2023 – As we approach the symbolic 365-day countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Organising Committee commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct an opinion poll based on a sample of 2,345 people representative…
