The absence of the Paralympic Games in “The Official Book of the 2024 Olympic Games” (Hugo Sport) does not go unnoticed. Asked about this oversight on the part of the publisher, the head of the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, visiting Montpellier, explained.
The absence of the Paralympic Games in “The Official Book of the 2024 Olympic Games” (Hugo Sport) does not go unnoticed. Asked about this oversight by the publisher on the sidelines of his visit to the Pérols exhibition center for the plenary assembly of the Occitanie Region, Tony Estanguet, the boss of the Olympic Games Organizing Committee, did not evade the question .
If, like everyone else, he regrets this absence, there is no question of taking responsibility for it. “Actually, he clarified, It was the licensee who had complete control over this book. The organizing committee didn’t take care of it at all.”
“The general public waited until the last moment”
Tony Estanguet then invited “each other to take their responsibilities”. He also took the opportunity to recall how complicated it had been to sell the Paralympic Games. “No one wanted to buy tickets. We had to wait for the success of the Olympics to sell them. The general public waited until the last moment to jump on the ticket office.”
“The same goes for TV rights or publishing. As soon as you release a book on the Paralympics, it doesn’t sell. There is an economic reality. Today, the Paralympic system is not a system that has enough maturity to generate significant revenues.”
Tony Estanguet speaks of a “collective challenge” to be addressed in the years to come. Like Paris 2024 last summer, giving the Paras the same place as the Olympic Games.
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