AustralianFan Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 No comment from the IOC Executive Board at the regular day 1 media conference just held. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, AustralianFan said: No comment from the IOC Executive Board at the regular day 1 media conference just held. ie no specifc comment on why the Paris HQ was raided. The IOC EB Executuve Director Christophe Dubi did, however, say this: “In situations like this, there is only one attitude that can apply and that is the one communicated by Paris 2024 - transparency and cooperation.” "They are the two watch words in the context such as this one, which was very tense and it was a very difficult day.” "When the Organising Committee commits to following certain principles, there is only one thing we can do and that is to wait for the result of this inquiry that will be launched." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Well, of course no comment from Bach & Co. They're probably still all up in arms, & just threw Dubi out there to make some kind of (empty) statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 54 minutes ago, FYI said: Well, of course no comment from Bach & Co. They're probably still all up in arms, & just threw Dubi out there to make some kind of (empty) statement. Honestly, in this situation no comment is probably the best thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Seems like the IOC uses copy and paste everytime there's a corruption scandal surrounding an Olympic host. The offices of Solideo were also raided today. That said, until we know what the charges are, who's involved, and possible sentences for anyone convicted, there's not much the IOC can say or do. It'll be interesting to see what unfolds in the coming days and weeks as the police comb through the evidence. However, I would bet that Tony Estanguet and even Anne Hidalgo (she's president of the Solideo board) along with other higher ups in the organizing committee are lawyering up right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted June 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) FBI, Jack Smith and US-DOJ have gotten word that some boxes from MAGA-Lago got shipped to Paris 2024 hqtrs and Solideo offices -- hence the raids!! Edited June 20, 2023 by baron-pierreIV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted June 22, 2023 Report Share Posted June 22, 2023 Official response by Paris 2024 - Quote Statement regarding a police search of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee's headquarters on Tuesday 20 June 2023 Paris 2024 is cooperating actively with investigators to facilitate their enquiries and provide answers to all the questions raised as quickly as possible. To ensure the transparency and propriety of the several hundred contracts it has awarded, Paris 2024 has adopted stringent procedures, and has set up an ethics committee together with an audit committee to supervise its activities. Paris 2024 is also certainly one of the most audited organisations in France. The audit conducted by the French Anti-Corruption Agency and five audits by the Cour des Comptes, in addition to the continued monitoring of our governance structures, have not raised the slightest wrongdoing. Throughout these audits and ongoing monitoring, Paris 2024 has demonstrated the effectiveness of the stringent procedures that it has continued to implement in collaboration with auditing and regulatory bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted June 22, 2023 Report Share Posted June 22, 2023 With all those Paris 2024 raids and investigations and the Russian saga going on, there's still this matter stemming from the summer of 2021: We still need to talk about Afghanistan... CBC: IOC WARNS AFGHANISTAN'S NOC AND TALIBAN ABOUT ITS PARIS 2024 STATUS OVER THEIR DENYING WOMEN SPORTS ACCESS Realistically, the Taliban certainly won't budge to the IOC's concerns and demands to give women's much-needed and deserved access (but definitely not limited) to sports. Not with such hardline and patriarchal/misogynist religious conservatives running things and having the final say in matters regarding women, thinking they are without virtue as they get older minus their guidance. Afghanistan's been through this before: the IOC kicked the nation's NOC out ahead of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics for similar reasons back when it was previously under Taliban rule. Do they really care? Hell no! And the IOC MUST kick them out officially! Plus, it's obviously easy. Many Afghan women who participate in their sports and seek to continue within the nation obviously have to practice in secret for fear of reprisals like intimidation and are counting on the IOC to send a message to the oppressors. Should've been taken cared of when they re-took the nation for we know the precedent. A major fear with the Taliban is that a whole new emerging generation of Afghan women who are more fearless playing many sports will be lost and having access to them as long as they are ruling things. And could take many years, perhaps generations, to get things reasonably back on track and thriving because it's so hard to rebuild the vulnerable infrastructure. For example, the Afghan women's national soccer team is currently in exile, many living and playing in Australia. Just permitting sports only for primary school age girls is far from enough. Allowing an independent team full of Afghans, not unlike Kuwait had to do, and perhaps fielding more women than men in Paris would send a great message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 Torch Relay Route: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 Interesting that it's not visiting every department, I know the centre of France isn't massively populated but there are some really huge gaps there . Still it'll be a great torch relay I'm sure, good to finally have a proper one. There'll be some spectacular celebrations for it too, I'm sure the cities will want to one-up each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 Quote Only VIPs allowed to drink alcohol inside Paris 2024 venues VIPs can quaff champagne to their hearts' delight while watching the Paris Olympics but the average fan will have to make do with soft drinks and water after organisers decided not to seek an exemption to a law prohibiting the sale of alcohol in stadiums. Under Evin's Law, which has been in place since 1991, alcohol is banned from sale to the general public inside stadiums in France, and Games organisers had not sought an exemption, a Paris 2024 spokesperson told Reuters. The law allows for an exemption for 10 events per organiser per year per municipality. "Paris 2024 will be organising more than 700 competition sessions over 15 days of competition," the spokesperson said. Such an exemption would have required a change in the law for an event the size of the Games. "It is the strict application of French law that allows catering services that include the provision of alcohol to operate in hospitality areas as they are governed by a separate law on catering," the spokesperson added. Alcohol was also banned from stadiums at the COVID-delayed Summer Olympics in Tokyo but events were eventually held without spectators due to the pandemic. Beer and wine was available at the 2012 and 2016 Games in London and Rio de Janeiro. There is better news for fans travelling to France for this year's Rugby World Cup, however, as organisers have negotiated an exemption for the tournament, which will be staged in September and October. Date:2023/6/28 News source:Reuters Link:https://www.reuters.com/sports/only-vips-allowed-drink-alcohol-inside-paris-2024-venues-2023-06-27/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 I never understand why people would need alcohol to enjoy a sports event. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 Why do people need alcohol to enjoy many activities, really. And at sporting events, booze is like a must. You'd look like total outsider if you didn't have an alcoholic beverage in hand, especially at a American football or soccer game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 8 hours ago, StefanMUC said: I never understand why people would need alcohol to enjoy a sports event. I never understand why people would need alcohol to enjoy a restaurant. (that was sarcasm, in case that wasn't apparent) And yet.. most restaurants serve alcohol because it makes the experience more enjoyable. Not sure what the organizers are trying to accomplish here. Especially since it's okay for VIPs to drink, just not the rest of the crowd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 Because, without alcohol…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted June 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 56 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said: I never understand why people would need alcohol to enjoy a restaurant. (that was sarcasm, in case that wasn't apparent) And yet.. most restaurants serve alcohol because it makes the experience more enjoyable. Not sure what the organizers are trying to accomplish here. Especially since it's okay for VIPs to drink, just not the rest of the crowd You forget -- restaurants make like 50% profit off of a product already prepared and they just break it up into smaller portions -- and actually helps keep the business alive. OK, some labor in mixing cocktails -- but those cost more as well. Considering the fallout in mass hysteria events like concerts and sports events, it's NOT worth the investment in the product. VIPs, in their tents and compartments, are better dsiciplined people and can hold their drink -- not the hoi polloi in the bleachers. That's why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted June 28, 2023 Report Share Posted June 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Sir Rols said: Because, without alcohol…. Gammmeeee, what game?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulu Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 There's a fire at the site of a swimming pool under construction for Paris 2024. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/30/paris-shooting-violence-nanterre-olympic-pool-nahel-france/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FYI Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 It's like Deja Vu all over again. Same thing happened in London in 2011, almost a year before the London 2012 Opening. Unfortunately, it seems like the world never really changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted June 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Well, Paris' fires started with the burning of the Notre Dame roof in 2019. Good ole Charlie Dickens knew best. In many ways, London and Paris are like a pair of dysfunctional, co-dependent siblings joined at the hip. (But I'll always go for Paris.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 Both London and Paris 12 years apart are overshadowed by riots just over a year out from the beginning of the Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 ^Correction SL2.0 - Paris is just over a year out, but London was just UNDER a year out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Does anyone know what Paris will be doing this month for the 1 year to go milestone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorchbearerSydney Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Q Does anyone know what Paris will be doing this month for the 1 year to go milestone? Cleaning up after riots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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