I’ve just visited the historic Yves-du-Manoir stadium, the hockey venue for this year’s Olympiad. The venue looks stunning! It is very impressive to see the transformation done over the years to build from a former multi-sports complex – used for the 1924 Olympic Games! - a hockey venue that will be a perfect legacy for our sport. I’ve been to each and every area where the athletes will be and I’m glad to tell that it is ready for the athletes for them to perform at their excellence and to celebrate! Trainings have already started. Also, the team here, led by our former FIH colleague Antoine Berger, has done a marvellous job, under the leadership of Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet, working very closely together with our FIH Olympic Games Director Hilary Atkinson who’s done an outstanding job too.
More generally, it’s amazing to see in Paris all the work which has been done for these Games under the guidance of the International Olympic Committee, especially its President Thomas Bach and Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi to whom I would like to express again our most sincere gratitude.
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