Security challenges loom large for Paris Olympics

Agency :
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) hopes the 2024 Paris Olympics will be the “light at the end of the tunnel” after two Covid-hit Olympics but organizers face major security challenges before a unique opening ceremony on July 26.

The IOC has been looking forward to a return to Olympic normality in Paris after both the Tokyo Games, delayed by a year to 2021, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing were staged without spectators or visitors due to the virus.

That will change in Paris, with organizers planning what they describe as a spectacular and first-ever opening ceremony staged outside an Olympic stadium.