Less than two years after changing the map of venues, the organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics are once again brainstorming to move basketball, but probably shooting, to boxing, risking resentment.
After a money-saving reshuffle in September 2020 that shifted swimming from Saint-Denis (a northern suburb of Paris) to the west of the capital (Nanterre), the mountaineer landed in Le Bourget (north of Paris) and reached Villeneuve-d’Ascq. in the north of France), there was no plan to retouch the card. It was not counting the stars of the French basketball team in the NBA, who were unhappy that they had to play for the group stage in the “Park des Expos de Versailles”. According to several observers from the International Basketball Federation, the bad noise on Twitter forced the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (Cojo) to leave the site.
There have been comprehensive consultations since then. “Between the International Federation, the IOC, the City of Paris, Kojo …”The equation is not clear“We explain everywhere. The city hall of Paris, which is hosting the Olympic Games, says it would like to keep basketball in Paris. «Far from Paris, this increases the trace of carbon … “The elected official is slipping.
Basketball in the north, handball in Paris?
The latest version on the table, which has not yet been validated, is an exchange with a handball to be developed at Villeneuve-d’Ascq. This one will play basketball instead of the Versailles Park de Expo de Versailles առնա will return to the final in the north, as basketball will remain in Bersi for its finals. This option was the subject of muscle exchange before the Association of International Olympic Sports Federations (ASOIF) in Lausanne on Wednesday. Generating solutionsthree hours from ParisWho were not comfortable, everyone understood that the Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation Andreas Zagklis was talking about Stad Pierre-Moro, the stronghold of the Lille football club.
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The answer of the chairman of the organizing committee Tony Estanguet.Everyone wants to play in the center of Paris, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower«. The whims of basketball players sometimes went badly in Kojo. the solution “should be acceptable to you, but also to all stakeholders և public opinion“, – fought with the three-time Olympic champion. He did it again by handbudget limits“Եւ need”optimize«. During the period of inflation, Cojo’s budget, whose expenditures and revenues will be examined this year, is at risk of shocks. Basketball matches are scheduled to take place next week, with a decision to be made by the Cojo Executive Office on June 23.
Another explosive equation. shooting scene in La Courneau (north of Paris, Saint-Denis). Located on the ground in Essences, the former army area is being cleared, it is now in equilibrium as it would not have been ready in time.
The issue is politically sensitive, as it is again Saint-Denis who will bear the brunt of the changes. And in particular, in the vicinity of Le Bourget, where the protests stop the construction of the media village, the new metro stations do not arrive on time, which now threatens to see the shooting tests.
Shooting against boxing?
The Cojo, which overlooks the National Center of Chateauroux, about 270 km south of Paris, returned last weekend. «It is not the technical side that will play, but the political sideThe president of the French Shooting Federation Michel Bachik explained to AFP. Indre communities are quite excited about the idea of hosting the Olympics and are already looking to buy a Chinese-owned website to meet their housing needs.
But if Saint-Denis loses the blow, it can be restored… boxing is currently scheduled on the court of Roland Garros Susan Langlen, which will use a movable roof until 2024. Temperature and noise conditions are currently maintained there. studied. Two years after the event, the organizers are going through difficulties on all fronts. «There will be a fight (…), the federals will ask for something, and the communities, the mayor of Paris …predicts the observer.
Source: Le Figaro
