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Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling

Aug. 11, 2024 14:39 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — In French, there are no goodbyes. Instead, Olympic crowds from Paris to the surfing venue in Tahiti were saying “au revoir” — see you again — as the 2024 Games drew to a close Sunday. After the 100-year wait since Paris' last Games, no one can...

Parisians once scoffed at hosting the Olympics. Now, here come the conga lines

Aug. 06, 2024 12:40 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Like most self-respecting Parisians, Mathilde Joannard and Franck Tallieu had been training for the Olympic sport of Olympics-bashing. Of course the Olympics were going to be a mess, the couple had reasoned when they learned the Games were coming to town. Like so many...