International Olympic Committee – IOC

🎂 As we fast approach the Olympic and Paralympic Games #Paris2024, the French capital celebrates 100 years since the 1924 Paris Games – an event that shaped Paris, the Olympic Movement, and the course of Olympic history. Paris 2024 Games initiated and inspired many Olympic traditions and innovations, including: 🔷 The Olympic Village 🔷 The Olympic Flag protocol during the closing ceremony 🔷 The Children’s Games inspiring Youth Olympic Games 🔷 The contribution of sport to culture and arts 🔷 Urban development and lasting infrastructure Honouring its #Olympic past while embracing the future, the Paris 2024 Games are adapting to the needs of the host city and our times, in line with Olympic Agenda 2020. Read more 🔍 https://lnkd.in/e22e_SiC

Let's extend a warm welcome to our new colleagues of July! They started the week by taking part in their induction days during which they had the chance to visit the Olympic Museum and Olympic house, connect with colleagues and attend various presentations to learn more about the IOC and the Olympic Movement. We wish them all the best in their new roles!

🎇18 landmarks in 12 cities around the world were lit up to celebrate Olympic Day and the #LetsMove campaign ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The 2023 Olympic Solidarity and NOC Services Annual Report highlights the support provided to athletes and their NOCs on the road to #Paris2024. Here are a few key figures: 🔹 USD 20.4M in Olympic Scholarships awarded to Athletes. 🔹 1,260 individual scholarships from 154 NOCs. 🔹 Over 6,300 coaches supported in 2023. 🔹 223 teams from 141 NOCs benefitted from the Team Support Grant programme. Read the full report 🔍 :https://lnkd.in/e_nC9B4f

Following in the footsteps of Olympic Solidarity scholarship-holders who became Olympic stars, such as Usain Bolt, Yulimar Rojas, Chad LeClos and Flora Duffy, a total of over 1,300 athletes from around the world are currently being supported by the IOC on their road to the Olympic Games #Paris2024. 8 of these athletes have shared their unique stories with us, offering an exclusive, behind-the-scenes insight into what it takes to reach the Olympic Games. 🔍 Read their stories here: https://lnkd.in/ey6JChbd

📌 Paris 2024 Broadcast in Numbers. 11.000 hours or in other words; one year and three months of content will be produced by Olympic Broadcasting Services for the Olympic Games #Paris2024. This means: 🔹 15,8% more content than from Tokyo 2020 🔹 1000+ camera systems 🔹 3800 microphones 🔹 15 drones 🔹 30+ Media Rights Holders (MRHs) 🔹 130+ broadcast organisations 🔹 8300+ OBS games-time personnel 🔍 Read this and much more in the IOC Marketing Media Guide Paris 2024: https://lnkd.in/em_icXGT

📌 Olympic Marketing in three numbers: ✅ USD 7.6 billion in revenue generated in the Olympiad 2017-2020/21 ✅ 90% of the revenue is distributed to the wider Olympic Movement to the benefit of athletes. ✅ This means USD 4.2 million is distributed every day. 👉 Read this and much more in the IOC Marketing Media Guide Paris 2024: https://lnkd.in/em_icXGT

As the countdown to the #OlympicGames Paris 2024 continues, the Worldwide Olympic Partners are preparing to play a fundamental role in making the Games a success. Here, we speak with Cédric Borremans, Head of the Olympics and Paralympics Department, Business Strategy Division for Toyota Motor Corporation Europe about how Toyota's Innovative Mobility Solutions will support athletes at Paris 2024

From the City of Angels to the City of Light: your new must-see location in Paris! 🎉 The International Olympic Committee and the City of Paris officially inaugurated the Olympic Sculpture on 23 June, Olympic Day. Los Angeles-based artist Alison Saar unveiled her beautiful work, "Salon" (2024), now permanently installed in the public garden of the Champs-Elysées, honouring the legacy of Paris 2024. "'Salon’ is an invitation for dialogue; for exchange; for coming together; for sharing. In this way, your sculptures are a wonderful illustration of what happens at the Olympic Games," said IOC President Thomas Bach to the artist. 🔍 https://lnkd.in/gYiJMDNW

📢 Worldwide Olympic Partner OMEGA SA has launched a memorable marketing campaign ahead of the Olympic Games #Paris2024, turning the host city’s most recognisable landmarks into a sporting arena for the world’s greatest athletes. 🔍 https://lnkd.in/guRvYtqh