Paris 2024 Olympic Games - France to organize Fan Zones across India during the Olympics

As France prepares to welcome the world for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Team France in India unveiled an initiative to bring the Games here to India. Throughout the duration of the Olympic Games, from July 26th to August 11th, the network of Alliances françaises across India will host “fan zones” open to all sports fans.

From Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram, from Kolkata to Mumbai, each fan zone will provide live screenings of the Games, especially the events in which Indian athletes are set to compete. Participants will also be able to enjoy sports activities themselves, with for example table tennis, badminton, archery competitions and more being organized. Several contests are planned and the winners will take home prizes including iconic Paris 2024 memorabilia. The various aspects of the Olympics and sports in general will be explored through exhibitions, workshops, and debates, while some Alliances françaises will also screen French and Indian movies on sport

This initiative is being steered by the Alliance française network in partnership with the Embassy of France, the four Consulates General of France in India and the French Institute in India.

It was announced at a special event on “India’s Preparation for Paris 2024” at the Alliance française de Delhi on July 8th, organized by the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IFCCI). The event was attended by Shri Kunal, Joint Secretary - Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports; H.E. Mr Thierry Mathou, Ambassador of France to India; Ms Alexandra de Navacelle de Coubertin, President - Pierre de Coubertin Family Association; Mr Abhinav Bindra, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist and Young Leader of the France-India Foundation; Mr Adille J Sumariwalla, President - Athletics Federation of India; and Ms Manisha Malhotra, Olympian and Head – Sports Excellence and Scouting, JSW Sports.

On this occasion, Ambassador Thierry Mathou said: “Our goal is to ensure that all our Indian friends can partake in the spirit of the Paris 2024 Olympics and celebrate with us the values of international solidarity embodied by this event. From July 26th to August 11th, the Alliance française network in India will host fan zones where sports fans can come to watch the Games, participate in contests, enjoy exhibitions, movies, and much more. We hope that this initiative will bring Paris 2024 closer to the Indian audience and accelerate Indo-French sports cooperation also in view of India’s own bid to host the Olympics.”

Where can I find a Fan Zone during the Olympics (July 26 – August 11)?

    Alliance française de Delhi
    Alliance française de Bombay
    Alliance française de Madras
    Alliance française de Pondichéry
    Alliance française de Bangalore
    Alliance française de Jaipur
    Alliance française de Trivandrum
    Alliance française de Pune
    Alliance française d’Hyderabad
    Alliance française du Bengale
    Alliance française de Chandigarh
    Alliance française de Lucknow

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Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

France will host the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from 26 July to 11 August 2024 – after exactly one hundred years from the last time it hosted the Summer Olympics – and the Paralympic Games for the first time, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. Breaking with tradition, the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony will not be held in a stadium, but along the river Seine to accommodate greater numbers of spectators. The Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony will take place at the iconic Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysées.

The Olympic and Paralympic Village will house 14,250 athletes during the Olympic Games, and 8,000 during the Paralympic Games. Paris 2024 will include an IOC Refugee Olympic Team, the first such team having participated in the Rio 2016 Games. 32 sports – with breaking making its debut - will be played during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with 329 medal events in all. The events will take place in a total of 35 Olympic venues across France, and for the first time ever, in the overseas French territory of Tahiti. The Paris 2024 Organizing Committee has made several strong environmental and social commitments, including halving the Games’ carbon footprint compared to previous ones, using 100% renewable energy at Games’ venues, and ensuring complete gender parity among the qualified athletes for the Olympic Games.