As a bonus, a slight feeling of revenge: “The Olympics at home are magical. I would have loved to have been able to experience that as an athlete. I fought in Durban in 2011 for the Annecy 2018 Games. Unfortunately, we did not have this success and that is why today’s announcement is all the more appreciable.” Everything happened very quickly between the development of the project this summer and this announcement, which corresponds to the new mode of operation of the IOC. “The method of awarding the Olympic Games has clearly evolved in the right direction, believes Fourcade. This avoids significant application fees and lengthy files..”
I had the chance to experience incredible Games in Sochi in 2014 but they were Games which today would not at all meet both ecological and social expectations.
“For French athletes, it’s an honor and an incredible opportunity”, considers Fourcade. But it is also a question of responsibility, for the organizing committee: “The Olympic Games are a global event which, in the world we live in, is sometimes questioned.”
“I had the chance to experience incredible Games in Sochi in 2014 but they were Games which today would not at all meet both ecological and social expectations, developed the seven-time winner of the big crystal globe. Being able to contribute to shaping a model in which I deeply believe is an immense pride.”
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Continuity between Paris 2024 and Alps 2030
While the name of the former biathlete, who recently launched a show, is often mentioned to become the leader of the project, he said he did not have “not carried out this reflection at all today“. But “as a French member of the IOC” he “intends to continue” to get involved in the candidacy, the proximity of which he praises to that of the Paris Summer Games next year.
Fourcade assures us: “Beyond a real opportunity, it is also a real continuity in the organizational know-how, in the skills that we can transfer from Paris 2024 to the Alps 2030, in this enthusiasm that we can achieve to create and extend among the French, partners of French sport and the media.”
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From “career goal” to “life goal” for Bauchet
If the IOC has yet to confirm its choice next year, the prospect of seeing the French Alps organize the 2030 Winter Games is “just amazing“, commented Arthur Bauchet, three-time Paralympic champion in alpine skiing in Beijing in 2022.
“The Paralympic Games are always a career goal, but here I think I have definitely found a life goal.he explained in comments reported by AFP. It feels weird to say this sentence at 23 years old. But we dreamed so much about Paris 2024, we were so happy to see the Games back at home. I never thought I would experience them myself. So this is just crazy. The goal now is to work hard until 2030.”