In 2024, Paris will host the Olympic Games for the third time in its history. From July 26 to August 11 there will be the Olympics, and from August 28 to September 8 the Paralympics.
But before the big event, all the best athletes will have to train for the competitions. And what better place than the French Riviera. A chance to experience the festivities and maybe meet our favorite athletes.
In 2024, Paris will host the Olympic Games for the third time in its history. From July 26 to Aug. 11 there will be the Olympics, and from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 the Paralympics.
But before Paris 2024, all the best athletes will have to train for the competitions, and what better place than the French Riviera. A chance to experience the festivities and perhaps meet our favorite athletes.
Here are the French Riviera cities that will welcome athletes before Paris 2024.
ANTIBES JUAN LES-PINS
Several sports complexes have been preselected in Antibes to accommodate athletes.
L’Azurarena regularly hosts the elite of basketball and wheelchair basketball. For the Olympics and Paralympics, the hall will host specialists in the discipline.
Olympic and Paralympic swimming training will be held at the Jean Bunoz Nautical Stadium.
The Ponteil nautical base, on the other hand, will be used for sailor training.
Antibes will also welcome, at the Fernand Léger stadium, the best in field field hockey, at the Pierre Brochard gymnasium those in artistic gymnastics, while the Jules Grec tennis courts see the world’s elite in tennis and wheelchair tennis.
CAGNES-SUR-MER
A Cagnes-sur-Mer will host equestrian competition athletes. In fact, the Hippodrome de la Côte d’Azur is located here. Located by the sea, the hippodrome is a popular venue for Olympic and Paralympic trainers and show jumping riders. It is the best way to train ahead of the competitions to be held in the grandiose setting of the Palace of Versailles.
CANNES
In Cannes, three sports complexes will host great athletes.
While soccer teams will train at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, the Complexe Maurice Chevalier will welcome Olympic and Paralympic athletics champions.
Finally, there is the Palais des Victories, which will host champions of Olympic badminton, basketball, wheelchair basketball, handball, volleyball and sitting volleyball.
NICE
Nice has been chosen as the preparation center for Paris 2024.
The city offers several facilities, in such a way to help athletes for their preparation. There is the athletics center, developed around the Charles Ehrmann stadium, and which will allow Olympic track and field champions to train, or the aquatics center, which welcomes Olympic and Paralympic swimmers.
In addition, Nice will host champions in tennis, wheelchair tennis, Olympic road cycling, handball, Olympic triathlon, and rugby.
But it doesn’t end there! The Allianz Riviera is one of 7 stadiums selected to host the men’s and women’s soccer tournaments of the 2024 Olympic Games. These posters include the French team, which will arrive on July 27, 2024. A great event that counts among the great events in world soccer!
To celebrate the return of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to France, the National Sports Museum in Nice is opening a new temporary exhibition in 2023, “Olympiennes.
SAINT-LAURENT-DU-VAR
In Saint-Laurent-du-Var is the Hervé Allari Dojo, a facility that normally hosts judo competitions. And indeed, in the run-up to Paris 2024, the elite of Olympic and Paralympic judo, as well as top Olympic and Paralympic taekwondo athletes, will be training there.
VILLENEUVE-LOUBET
Recognized as a high-performance sports center, Salle Monique Maurice in Villeneuve-Loubet has been chosen to host weightlifting athletes.
MARSEILLE
Last, but not least, is the city of Marseille.
During the Paris 2024 event, the city will host sailing competitions at Marina de Roucas-Blanc, while the Vélodrome Stadium will be used for soccer competitions.
But Marseille will play a key role in the Games. In spring 2024, in fact, the Olympic flame, coming from Greece, will land in the city. After being lit in Olympia, site of the ancient Olympic Games, the flame will reach Marseille, carried by the Bélem, a majestic three-masted vessel that first took to the sea in 1896. Having landed in the French city, the Olympic flashlight will begin its journey to the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, scheduled for July 26, 2024.