The 8th edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Week (SOP) was launched today (Tuesday April 2) during an event organized by Paris 2024 with Danone, the Ile-de-France Academic Region, CROSIF, CPSF, the City of Paris, the sports movement and the school and university sports federations at the Arena Porte de la Chapelle bringing together more than 4.000 children for the occasion. During this day, young people were able to discover and practice physical activities alongside athletes Typhaine Soldé and Jackson Richardson.
“Celebrating the Games and athletes from around the world”: this is the motto of this eighth and final edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Week before the Paris 2024 Games, and it resonates with all the more force in this final stretch towards an exceptional summer. Since 2017, with Olympic and Paralympic Week, more than five million young people have been made aware of the benefits of sport and other crucial themes such as disability and inclusion through sport with this year even more projects integrating a dimension para-sport, or 6.” Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024.
“I am very proud to be a sponsor of this new edition of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Week as a Danone athlete, because raising awareness among young people about sport and disability is essential for me. Being in contact with thousands of children for this launch event was a fantastic opportunity to encourage them to move more while eating a balanced diet to feel better in their heads and in their bodies. We need to change mentalities and habits, for that we need everyone. » Typhaine Soldé, Paralympic athlete
Danone, partner of Paris 2024, wanted to join this event to promote the importance of eating better and moving more from a young age to help maintain good health throughout life.
“Danone is very happy and proud to be a partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Week and to have been associated with this exceptional day intended for thousands of young people. It was a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness about “eating better and moving more” thanks also to the support of Danone athletes. We are convinced that health comes through diet and we remain determined to do everything we can to positively transform the lives of the young generations who will be the parents of tomorrow.” Simon Van De Steen, Director of the Paris 2024 Partnership at Danone
This Champions Day marks the start of a week punctuated by events throughout France to raise children's awareness of the multiple benefits of practicing daily physical activity but also to promote the values of Olympism and Paralympism for four month of the Games. This year, thanks to the mobilization of 11.500 schools and educational establishments, more than 2 million children will be made aware and 7.000 projects have seen the light of day. Well established in the school agenda, the SOP has reached more than 5 million young people since the first edition in 2017.
Building a lasting legacy
The 8th edition of the SOP will be the last edition carried by Paris 2024 but after the Games, the Olympic and Paralympic Week is intended to continue after the Games. The animation of the SOP, like the Generation 2024 platform, will be entrusted to the CNOSF and /CPSF, to the Ministries of National Education, Higher Education, and Sports.
For young people, the other Paris 2024 programs will also be extended, such as “1,2,3 Swim!” » (20.000 beneficiaries in 2023) and Impact 2024 (half of the beneficiaries are young people) which will be entrusted to the National Sports Agency (ANS).
