THE OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 ARE BEING HELD EXACTLY A CENTURY AFTER THE PARIS 1924 GAMES, WHICH TOOK PLACE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL. THIS HISTORIC EVENT OWES MUCH TO PIERRE DE COUBERTIN, THE FOUNDER OF THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) INVITED MEDIA TO ATTEND AN ONLINE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN. DURING THIS EVENT, EXPERTS ON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN EXPLORED HIS VISION, MOTIVATIONS, PERSPECTIVES, AND THE LEGACY OF HIS RENOVATOR OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES.Â
ONLINE MEDIA ROUNDTABLE ON THE LEGACY OF PIERRE DE COUBERTIN
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE…
IOC President Thomas Bach, Alexandra de Navacelle, President of the Pierre de Coubertin Family Association, George Hirthler, Writer, Producer and Sports Historian, Guy Drut, IOC Member, France, Maria Bogner, Head of the Olympic Studies Centre.
“THE IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS NOT TO TRIUMPH, BUT TO COMPETE”
PIERRE DE COUBERTIN WAS A FRENCH HISTORIAN AND EDUCATOR, THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, AND IT’S SECOND PRESIDENT, AND IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES. HE INSTILLED DEEPLY ROOTED SENTIMENT INTO THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT, WHICH IS FAITHFULLY FOLLOWED TO THIS DAY, ENCOURAGING THE INCLUSION OF ALL PEOPLES INTO SPORT. (AND THEREBY PROMOTING PEACE.)
PIERRE DE COUBERTIN WAS SO REVERED THAT HIS IMAGES APPEARED ON CURRENCIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
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