The French capital overcame issues including an opening ceremony deluge to deliver 17 days of joyous madness
Four months after Paris 2024’s spectacular finale, starring Tom Cruise abseiling off the top of the Stade de France and hurtling out of a plane above Los Angeles, the executive director of the Olympics is mulling over the lasting impact of the Games. Albeit with the help of a rather different cinematic icon.
“I was making a presentation to Deloitte executives recently,” says Christophe Dubi, the man responsible for planning and delivering the Olympics. “And I started by paraphrasing the Stranger in The Big Lebowski: ‘Sometimes, there is a man, he’s the man for his time and place, he was The Dude.’ Because Paris really was the right Games, at the right time and place.”
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/24/paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics-opening-ceremony under the title “Paris was the Dude: 2024 Olympics were right Games at perfect time”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
