French athletes will parade on the Champs-Élysées on September 14 | EUROtoday
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UAn important second of communion. In September, supporters will have the ability to have fun the French athletes who’ve participated within the Olympic Games and who will take part within the Paralympic Games as a way to shut the sporting chapter of Paris 2024. It was Emmanuel Macron who invited the general public to hitch them on the well-known Avenue des Champs-Élysées on September 14. “September 14, 2024. Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Rendez-vous to celebrate our athletes,” wrote the Head of State on his X account.
According to RMC Sport, this second of celebration will take the shape of a giant parade, organized with the City of Paris, the Paris 2024 organizing committee, but in addition the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (Cnosf) and the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF). All French Olympians shall be invited to stroll down essentially the most stunning avenue on the earth.
Decorations awarded to medal winners
According to The Parisianall stakeholders within the group wish to set up “something big” in honor of the individuals who contributed to the success of the Games, the athletes, subsequently, but in addition the volunteers. September 14 would thus be the event for the President of the Republic to current the decorations of the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit to the medalists, in line with the every day.
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