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Wed Jul 26, 2023, 06:48 PM Jul 2023

A guide to how Paris will welcome fans and stage 32 sports at the first post-pandemic Olympics

PARIS (AP) — The Olympics is on track to be back in business with millions of visitors coming to Paris for the 2024 Games.

The French capital has the expert experience to stage the event and welcome guests for the first Olympics of the post-pandemic era.

That should be a relief after a chaotic lead-in to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and uncertainty from postponing the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 with no guarantee it would eventually happen one year later. It did, but in almost entirely empty venues.

Organizers, athletes and fans preparing for competitions in Paris — and regional French cities like Lille and Marseille, plus the far-away surfing venue of Tahiti in the South Pacific — can be confident the show will go on.

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https://apnews.com/article/paris-olympics-tickets-transport-accommodation-climate-b6b9798ea2fc65995cb3e4c6c96462f0

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