Paris prepares for 100-day countdown to the Olympics. It wants to rekindle love for the Games

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Wednesday marks 100 days until the 2024 Olympic Games. More than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries will compete for a gold medal.

Doping scandals and pandemic delays have marred recent Games, but Paris organizers are hoping to revitalize interest in the Olympics this summer.

By promising socially positive and also less polluting and less wasteful Olympics, the city synonymous with romance is also setting itself the high bar of making future Games generally more desirable.the 2014 Winter Games in Sochishould benefit disadvantaged communities in the Seine-Saint-Denis region northeast of Paris was built from the outset into the city's plans.

Mamitiana Rabarijaona grew up close to the Olympic stadium, built originally for the 1998 soccer World Cup. He says it didn't provide much of a boost for Seine-Saint-Denis residents. He believes the Olympics will be “a big party" and he will be among that will become housing and offices when the 10,500 Olympians and 4,400 Paralympians have left.

 

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