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French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Saint-Denis Olympic Aquatics Centre, which will host the synchronised swimming, diving and water polo events at the Paris Games. IMAGES
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed Paris as a host city for the 2024 Olympic Games, 100 years after the French capital last staged the event, at a ceremony in Lima on Wednesday. Los Angeles is set to take up the torch in 2028, for the third time, having already hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984. The Lausanne-based IOC took the unprecedented step of awarding two games simultaneously.
The International Olympic Committee named Paris and Los Angeles as hosts for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics on Wednesday, crowning two cities at the same time in a historic first for the embattled sports body. IMAGES of Paris 2024 team celebrating after announcement
"D-500," French President Emmanuel Macron tweets with an image of Paris hosting the Olympics, 500 days before the world's biggest sporting event kicks off. IMAGES
French ministers join former athlete and President of the Paris 2024 Olympic committee, Tony Estanguet, at the Elysee Palace for a "site meeting", two years before the start of the Olympics. IMAGES