1ST QUALIFIERS FOR PARIS 2024 GAMES MASS PARTICIPATION MARATHON ANNOUNCED

24 NUMBERED BIB AWARDED 2024 METERS RACE

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 06/24/2019, 03:18 Time

USPA NEWS - As part of the Olympic Day event, which is being held all over France this weekend in partnership with the Festival of Sport, the first 24 numbered bibs for the mass-participation marathon at the Paris 2024 Games were awarded at the end of a 2,024-metre race. Organised with the support of the French Athletics Federation, the race was held in a stunning setting, on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. A further 22 bibs will be allocated today at the end of 11 more races held in as many French cities.
Noah, Sandra, Antonio or Laurence, they’re aged between 17 and 54 and they are some of the 24 first qualifiers (12 men and 12 women). In August 2024, they will all have the chance to take part in the mass-participation marathon at the Paris 2024 Games.

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FRANCE QUALIFIES IN QUARTER OF FINAL BY BEGINNING BRAZIL SCORING 2/1 IN LE HAVRE

FOR WOMEN WORLD CUP 2019

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 06/24/2019, 03:08 Time

USPA NEWS - The French women qualified for the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup after their victory over Brazil (2-1) in overtime, thanks to goals from Gauvin and Henry. The France / Brasil match took place tonight in Le Havre, (Northern France) at the Oceane stadium, where Premier Edouard Philippe and Tony Parker, the French basketball champion, were present. The stake is very important because it will die the team that will play against either Spain or the USA, (The favorites) Friday, June 28 at the Parc des Princes in Paris as part of Quarter Finals of the Feminine World Cup . The match France Bresil ended with a score of 2/1 for France following extra time of twice 15 minutes of play ... thus avoiding the extra shots on goal ... Indeed, qualification of the Blue, French team was both painful and full of suspense, by the blows and stops of games, related to the intensity of the Brazilian players, very offensive, even aggressive ...

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VALERIE PECRESSE PDT OF ILE DE FRANCE INAUGURATES OLYMPIC WATER SPORTS STADIUM

CANYON CHAMPION ESTANGUET-PDT PARIS2024

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 06/24/2019, 02:49 Time

USPA NEWS - The canoeing and rowing events at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, officially opened five years before the Games, while the inauguration of the watersport stadium, by Valerie Pecresse President of the Ile de rance Region, as the Olympic Day kicks off in France, in the Vaires Leisure Centre, today. Designed by the Ile-de-France region with the support of the state, the new Olympic Water Sports Stadium has been opened as part of Olympic Day, held in partnership with the Festival of Sport. Attending the opening were Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Ile-de-France Region; Roxana Maracineanu, the French Minister for Sport; Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet; Denis Masseglia, the president of the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF), and Marie-Amélie Le Fur, the president of the French National Paralympic Committee (CPSF). To mark the occasion, the water sport stadium’s whitewater channels were filled and tested for the first time, as some 35 athletes and a group of Generation 2024 youngsters were joined by Valérie Pécresse, Roxana Maracineanu and Tony Estanguet on rafts and canoes.

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UN CLIMATE CHIEF URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE ENMERGENCY IN THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES

PATRICIA ESPINOZA SG OF UNFCC

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris Washington DC, 06/19/2019, 04:20 Time

USPA NEWS - UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, sent out very clear signals for more ambitious climate action at the start of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn (SB50). She described the current situation as a ‘climate emergency’ and called on everyone to take part in ‘the fight of our lives.’
Spelling out the nature of the challenge ahead, Ms. Espinosa said that to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in line with the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, we need to reduce emissions by 45% by 2030. With current commitments by countries - through their Nationally Determined Contributions - falling far short of this target, there was a clarion call at the opening of this meeting for governments and all stakeholders to increase ambition on climate action without further delay.

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