France spent seven years planning to host 2024 Olympic games- President Macron
French president, Emmanuel Macron has disclosed that the country spent seven years of commitment to hard work to achieve the successful hosting of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games.
Macron speaking, after receiving the International Olympic Committee, LOC, Olympic Order award revealed that all segments of France as a nation were involved in making the country record history by hosting a successful Olympic games.
Upon receiving this distinction, President Macron said: “You are doing me a great honour by presenting me with this Order, and recognition which goes to France.
“Together, we made a wonderful success of these Games. Thank you for this honour.
“Your words about the organisation of the Olympic Games are not for one person, but for the commitment of a whole nation.It was a human collective that was involved for seven years. But it got involved first because of your trust in us.
“And so I shall respond to your thanks with my own sincere thanks, as without the trust of the IOC, its members, its administration and all the teams, without the constant, demanding yet sympathetic work over seven years, we would never have been able to accomplish all this.”
