By Mimy
Paris 2024 Games chief Tony Estanguet
PARIS (REUTERS) - Paris will be ready to host the 2024 Olympics even if the Covid-19 pandemic is ongoing as organisers have been working on contingency plans, Tony Estanguet, the head of the organising committee, said on Tuesday (Feb 2).
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed by a year and organisers are facing a tough challenge to host the sporting extravaganza this July and August as the Covid-19 crisis rages on.
Speaking to Reuters at the Eiffel Tower, Estanguet said that Paris 2024 is preparing for any eventuality.
"What's interesting is to see how we can react to unpredictable events. As early as last year, we had to re-organise and work on a new concept, in terms of competition sites, for instance, to see how we could adapt to a new context.
"In the end, in a few months, we managed to propose a project that was still ambitious and generated some savings. That's the mindset we're in.
"There's no official Plan B but we're identifying the risks and the solutions. And we will be working on this until the end because risks constantly evolve."
Asked if organisers would be ready to host the Games in 2024 if the situation were similar to this year, Estanguet said: "There are solutions."
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