This Wednesday, the Mayor of the French capital, Anne Hidalgo, will fulfil her promise to swim in the River Seine, which runs through Paris, to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the open water marathon and triathlon events of the Paris Olympics.

Paris 2024 marks the return to competitive swimming for the promising athlete Shayna Jack, after having served a "hellish" suspension for doping. Excited to return to the pool, the young athlete is grateful for the opportunity to resume her career after such a controversial period.

"Just getting on a plane and arriving in Europe," was what the young Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge would repeat over and over when he was just starting his career. It was the early 2000s, and he was only looking for a way out to fulfill his dream: to run. Now, it can be said that he has achieved that dream.

With the Paris Olympics opening ceremony fast approaching, Hugh Robertson, who led the London 2012 Games, emphasises its importance, after telling AFP it "sets the tone" for the entire event.

In the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach penned an Op-Ed that appeared in three major French newspapers: L'Equipe, Le Parisien, and Ouest-France over the weekend. The piece explores the upcoming Games and its significance.

After an emotional first day in Paris and an overnight stay in the Salle Saint-Jean of the Paris City Hall, which attracted 2,000 visitors, the Olympic Torch Relay resumed its tour of the French capital. In total, almost 500,000 people took part in this unprecedented two-day celebration.

A knife-wielding man wounded a French soldier on anti-terrorism patrol at he Gare de l'Est train before being arrested, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Monday.

The Puerto Rican urban artist Eladio Carrion has offered a substantial prize of $50,000 for his compatriots who win a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, matching a similar reward offered by the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR).

As the Paris Olympics approach, the Chinese Olympic Committee has assembled a 716-member delegation, urging them to compete with pride and integrity to enhance the country's international image.

Success for Team USA in the Paris Olympics will be measured by more than just the number of medals won: according to US Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland in her interview with Rapid Response, where she talks about the anticipation and preparation for the Games in Paris and Los Angeles in 2028.

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will add an extra 0.3 points of growth to the French economy in the third quarter, according to the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee).

"I always came in last," is the response from Dominican athlete Marileidy Paulino when asked about her beginnings in athletics. She no longer runs barefoot; those days are behind her. Today, she runs for the gold medal in the 400 meters at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Chile already has its tickets for the Paris 2024 Games with a delegation of at least 48 athletes competing in 22 disciplines, with all eyes on Francisca Crovetto in shooting and Maria Jose Mailliard in canoeing.

The Olympic Torch finally arrived in Paris for two days of celebrations and the spirit of the Games took over the capital, giving the Parisians a taste of the festivities to come starting next week. The Torch's route lit up the historic and emblematic sites of the French capital.

Some 770,000 administrative checks have led to the exclusion from the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 3,512 people who could pose a threat to the security of the event, Gerald Darmanin announced on the X social network on Saturday 13 July.