This will be the fifth ceremony. On Saturday 14 September, French athletes who distinguished themselves this summer during the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be entitled to a new lap, designed by Thierry Reboul, creative director of the Paris 2024 Games, whose enthusiasm seems impossible to dampen. “It should be very spectacular”promised.
A huge 400-metre-long stage will be set up in the form of a ring around the Arc de Triomphe on Place de l’Etoile. This Saturday, between 4 and 6 p.m., the parade will begin in the middle of the Champs-Élysées: the athletes will walk down the famous avenue before being decorated by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and then celebrate on this stage.
A concert will begin at 9 p.m. to continue the communion with the audience present. DJs will be in charge from 11 p.m. to midnight. The names of the artists who will perform have not yet been revealed. Images will be projected on both sides of the Arc de Triomphe, which will bring back memories for those who visited the place on the evening of July 12, 1998, after the first coronation of the ‘Bleus’ at the World Cup.
Free admission, but reservation required.
In The team, Thierry Reboul announces that this show, intended to close the“adventure in beauty”It will be a kind of artistic, especially musical, highlight of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In addition to the athletes, thousands of people will march, including “the volunteers and all those who contributed to these Games”Emmanuel Macron, who wanted this final celebration to be organised, said. The President of the Republic also intends to announce on the same day measures aimed at guaranteeing the legacy of these Paris Games, reports The Parisian.
Although access to the parade of athletes will be free, for security reasons it will be necessary to register in advance and have a ticket to access the Champs-Élysées. The same system was in place for access to the Club France in the Parc de la Villette during the Paralympic Games and to the Olympic cauldron in the Tuileries Garden. Tens of thousands of people are expected for this final celebration, which will be broadcast live by France Télévisions.
