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President Macron launches 500-day countdown to 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Video. Macron launches 500-day countdown to 2024 Paris Olympics

Updated: 14/03/2023 - 22:42 GMT+1

Macron thanked the 45,000 volunteers mobilizing to make the Games “a success” and again trumpeted the 5,000 new sports grounds that are in the works. Officials are pushing to get infrastructure and sites ready in time, with projects pockmarking many of Paris’ boulevards

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