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Vive la France! (Original Post) Charlie Chapulin Aug 2024 OP
Magnifique!! geojazz Aug 2024 #1
2024 -- Games Wide Open Kid Berwyn Aug 2024 #2
I still fear 2028 Olympics with Trump in office. The Grand Illuminist Aug 2024 #3
With all white 'Merkan athletes, no doubt Charlie Chapulin Aug 2024 #4
Mai oui, mes amis! Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #5

Kid Berwyn

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2. 2024 -- Games Wide Open
Sun Aug 11, 2024, 08:16 PM
Aug 2024

1924 — “Citius, Altius, Fortius” — “Swift, High, Strong.”

Mottos of two Paris Olympiads. Understand the city also hosted Olympic events in 1900, part of an International Exposition.

Successfully hosting such a spectacle is difficult any time, frustrating, if not maddening, during an age of terror. Like a Gold Medal winner, France made it look easy.

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