The official book of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a book currently available in bookstores, does not have a page on the Paralympic Games, which outrages the French Paralympic and Sports Committee and several athletes.
The title, Paris 2024, the official book of the Olympic Gamesand the rings announce the color: it will only be about the Olympics which took place from July 26 to August 11. “It’s a stain. It doesn’t make the athletes happy,” reacted, on December 20, 2024, the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF) questioned by theAFP. “People would undoubtedly have liked to have a photo of Aurélie Aubert (Olympic boccia champion, editor’s note) or Alexis Hanquinquant (para triathlon winner)”, added the CPSF spokesperson.
Two different organizations in charge
From the start, the Organizing Committee of the Paris Games has made the game of bringing together the two events as much as possible, although one is managed at a higher level by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and the other by the IPC (International Paralympic Committee). Two different international organizations, two different brands, and therefore different rights. Questioned about this impasse, the Olympic organizing committee indicated that “this book is a commercial product licensed by Paris 2024 and not an official document of the organizing committee”. The Cojo also highlights the deadlines for producing the book, delivered on September 2, i.e. before the end of the Paralympic Games.
No Paralympics book planned
Stéphane Houdet, Olympic wheelchair tennis champion, denounced France Inter and “huge failure”. “I spoke yesterday with Hugo Sport Editions who told me that they had only contracted with the IOC and that they were convinced that the French disabled sports federation was going to publish a book on the Paralympics,” he added on RMC sport. The radio also reports the dissatisfaction of Mickael Jérémiasz, ex-wheelchair tennis player and head of mission of the Paralympic delegation. According to the CPSF, no book is in preparation via the disabled sports federation.
Continue support for para sport
Para triathlete Alexis Hanquinquant recently asked theAFP on the legacy of the Paris Games, regretting the abandonment of overtime sports in college and calling on companies to continue to support athletes.
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