PARIS: As he left the Tokyo Olympics last August, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris 2024 organising committee, told AFP he was “prepared to run a marathon at 100-metre speed.”
The stopwatch is ticking, and with two years to go before the Games open on July 26, 2024, it has become a 100m with hurdles.
Security is one big headache, but here AFP Sport looks at three other serious issues facing the Paris Olympic Organising Committee (COJO) and the French government.
Budget: higher & higher
Controlling the budget, as so often with the Olympics, was proving a battle even before Covid-19 and the recent surge in inflation.
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