As the Paris Olympics approach, the National School Sports Union (UNSS) and the Lot Department are organizing a sporting event in Cahors with 24 teams and nearly 450 college students coming from all over the Lot (junior and junior level).
On the program: three days of sports competitions, from June 17 to 19, 2024on the sports facilities of Cahors : Lucien-Desprats stadium, Cabessut gymnasium, Divonéo swimming pool, Pierre-Ilbert stadium.
Athletics, football, rugby, 3×3 basketball, handball, pentathlon, badminton, laser run and, finally, a 2024 m team relay are on the program of events.
On the logistics side, the Clément-Marot high school, the Monnerville school campus and the Gambetta college will serve meals to the athletes at lunchtime. The teams will be accommodated at Mas de Saboth in Vers where, every evening, a medal ceremony will take place.
The Lot Department devotes €54,000 to the organization.
The event was officially presented by Serge Rigal, president of the Lot Department, Christophe Proença, vice-president of the Lot Department in charge of Attractiveness, Tourism and Sport, Lionel Veysseyre, director of the UNSS du Lot and Pierre Delpeyroux, president of the Departmental Olympic and Sports Committee of Lot.
Opening ceremony on Monday June 17 at 11:30 a.m., Place Bessières in Cahors
The Olympics oblige, it is an opening ceremony which will give the start of these three days, on Monday June 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The 24 teams will leave the Lucien-Desprats stadium around 11 a.m., heading towards the city center of Cahors: they will take the Quai de la Verrerie, the Cabessut bridge, the rue du Château du Roi to get to Place Bessières where The opening ceremony will be held from 11:30 a.m.
On the program for the opening ceremony which will take place in the presence of officials (State, Department, City of Cahors, CDOS, UNSS):
- dance (by students from the Saint-Etienne – Cahors school ensemble),
- a flashmob with all establishments,
- the Marseillaise sung by the choir of the Olivier-de-Magny college – Cahors,
- the presentation of the Olympic oath,
- and the arrival of the Olympic flame.
Departing from the prefecture, a torch relay, carried by students, will go up Boulevard Gambetta to Place Bessières where a cauldron will be lit to launch the college Olympics.
Closing ceremony on Wednesday June 19 at 3:30 p.m., at the Lucien-Desprats stadium in Cahors
Presentation of team trophies followed by a snack.
