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Paris 2024 Olympics

Visible legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympics – see it, feel it, touch it
Paris was a party during the Paris 2024 Games – now, after the party …
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Do you perform tasks better when people are watching?
Researchers show that chimps perform better at difficult tasks when there is a human audience …
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MAKING MY PEACE … with screamers at sporting events
A scream, a grunt, loud and forceful ... what is it good for?
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We did it, We did it! J’ai fait les Jeux! (I was in the Games!)
I feel like Dora the Explorer …
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Reasons to be or not to be a volunteer
No, no regrets – gratitude for being a volunteer at the Paris 2024 Games
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Obi-Wan Kenobi visits Paris 2024 Paralympics wheelchair fencing
Jedi Master Obi-Wan says … “May the Force be with you” …
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Team wheelchair fencing excites the crowd at the Paris 2024 Paralympics
Wheelchair fencing is played in 40 countries and 13 were on stage today …
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Mascot and me at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
The volunteer centre has plenty of Phryges …
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Sabre rattling at the Paris 2024 Paralympics wheelchair fencing
The sabre doesn’t really rattle, but it does look threatening …
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Group photos to end week 1 Paris 2024 Paralympics
A selfie and it’s all smiles in Paris …
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A win for Zakia and sensor socks in Para Taekwondo
Both are a big hit in Para Taekwondo …
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Inside the Volunteer Paralympic Centre in the Grand Palais, Paris
Pink deck chairs and a bean bag or two …
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