Paris prepares to refashion Olympics with urban look
"We are going to the heart of the city and leaving the stadiums," Pierre Rabadan, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games told AFP. It is a change of model for the Olympics, whose centre of gravity has long been a suburban main stadium. "Once we are in the city centre, it's going to be special because that's a field of play and no other cities have done that," the International Olympic Committee's Executive Director of the Olympic Games, Christophe Dubi, told AFP. Читать дальше...