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Bravo, Paris — city delivers an Olympics 2024 of athletic and cultural splendour
In 1924, when Paris hosted the Olympic Games for a second time, there were medals for poetry, sculpture and art, as well as many athletic endeavours. The notion that sport and culture are closely entwined was central to the French way of thinking at the …