One year later, the contested legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympics
France quickly plunged into a fervor that, for a fortnight, restored a sense of national pride to a country divided by the snap elections earlier that summer. One year later, what remains of that "enchanted interlude," apart from memories of shared jubilation in transformed venues?
The Games' organizers promised a physical legacy. The Olympic Aquatics Center opened to the public on June 2, 2025, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. The seven other swimming pools built or renovated in Seine-Saint-Denis for the Games helped address the underpriviliged Paris suburbs' shortage of sports facilities, and the athletes' and media villages gave rise to 4,000 new homes.
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