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Aug 2022
18m 51s

Getting ready for Paris 2024

Bbc World Service
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Ashish Sharma reports from Paris as the city prepares to host the Olympic games in the summer of 2024.

President of the Paris Organising Committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tony Estanguet, tells Ashish how they hope to make the games the most sustainable ever held. We also hear from Sodexo, the company charged with catering the games.

Local business owners tell us how they feel about the Olympics coming to their city so soon after the pandemic and in the midst of an energy crisis.

Presenter / producer: Ashish Sharma Image: Tony Estanguet; Credit: Getty

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