Every June 23, around the world, Olympic Day celebrates the Olympic values and the power of sport to bring us together, move us and share emotions.
Two years away from the 2024 Paris Games, this celebration is taking on even more momentum! In 2022, the celebration of Olympic Day will be spread over several days and will offer numerous sequences, from June 22 until Sunday June 26, on the occasion of a major sports festival organized around the Stadium. of France.
Sunday June 26 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at the foot of this future Olympic site, in an incredible open-air playground set up for the occasion, young and old will be able to learn about more than thirty Olympic and Paralympic sports ( seated volleyball, wheelchair basketball, fencing, rowing, climbing, breakdance, etc. in the presence of great champions such as Cécilia Berder (Silver medalist in fencing at Tokyo 2020), Romain Cannone (Olympic fencing champion at Tokyo 2020), Camille Lacourt (5 times World Champion in Long Course, 50m and 100m backstroke), Anne-Cécile Ciofani (Silver medalist in Rugby 7s at Tokyo 2020), Diandra Tchatchouang (Bronze medalist in Basketball at Tokyo 2020), Mehdi Marzouki (Olympian in water polo at Rio 2016) or Soufyane Mehiaoui (player of the French wheelchair basketball team). Sports demonstrations with freestyle footballers (Séan Garnier, Soufiane Bencok, Pola Freestyle, Logan Freestyle, Joachim Freestyle), and cultural activities by Hip-hop Games (Mc Philemon, Dj Tismé, Human Beat Box Mystraw and the Arbitre- Dancer Romuald), and artists from Seine-Saint-Denis.
Led by Paris 2024 in partnership with the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, Plaine Commune, the Cities of Seine-Saint-Denis and the CNOSF, this day will give a spectacular, popular and festive foretaste of what the Games of Paris 2024!
Olympic Day 2022!
Sunday June 26, 2022
11h-19h
Free and free access
Olympic Day programme, Sunday 26 June, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Which Olympic or Paralympic sport is for you? At the foot of the Stade de France, many free initiations will be offered so that everyone can discover new sports to practice and admire during the Paris 2024 Games!
Water sports: rowing, swimming, canoeing, sailing, etc. Racquet sports: badminton, tennis, table tennis Urban sports: 3×3 basketball, BMX (in the presence of Alexandre Jumelin, Quadruple BMX Flat world champion and silver medalist at the X Games 2022 in Japan), skateboarding, breaking Multisport: athletics (in the presence of Stella Akakpo, Olympic athlete), boxing, horse riding, climbing, fencing (in the presence of Anita Blaze, silver medalist at Tokyo 2020; Cécilia Berder, silver medalist at Tokyo 2020; and Ysaora Thibus, silver medalist at Tokyo 2020), football, golf, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, field hockey, judo, wrestling, modern pentathlon, rugby, taekwondo, shooting, archery, triathlon, volleyball, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball (in the presence of Soufyane Mehiaoui player of the French team) and boccia
Throughout this exceptional day, French champions will be available to discuss with the public and send dedications within a “French team” area. A competition will be organized in particular to try to win the outfit of the French team.
Make way for the athletes!
Breaking battles organized by the French dance federation BMX flat demonstration by Alexandre Jumelin, 4 times world champion Trampoline demonstration by the French Gymnastics Federation and Double Dutch (giant skipping rope) by The Ropestylers, a group recognized on the international scene and ranked among the best in Europe Fightball with Séan Garnier, the first freestyle world champion, and demonstrations of freestyle football with Soufiane Bencok, Pola Freestyle, Logan Freestyle and Joachim Freestyle
Vibrate with the energy of Seine-Saint-Denis with a Hip Hop Games Exhibition which will bring together three dancers from Seine-Saint Denis accompanied by the Hip Hop Games Troupe (Mc Philemon, Dj Tismé, Human Beat Box Mystraw and the Arbitre -Dancer Romuald).
You too, make Olympic Day – The general public will be invited to participate in the program for this day through unique experiences alongside athletes or personalities, inviting everyone to surpass themselves through sporting or artistic expression.
A freestyle contest for female rappers, organized ahead of Olympic Day by La Souterraine and Paris 2024 to come and give a demonstration during Olympic Day, June 26, at the Stade de France > Launch on Instagram June 9 via @paris2024 and @letsgogogo. Séan Garnier will invite the Olympic Day public to participate in a “Fightball” on the stand of the French Football Federation, alongside PSG legend Raí.
The Partners of Paris 2024 play the game – To offer even more activities to the general public,
Decathlon will set up a multi-sport obstacle course accessible for both children and adults. Le Coq Sportif invited children from the Fête le Mur association in Seine-Saint-Denis (an association for children and young people from priority neighborhoods in the city) to come and learn about the sports of the day alongside several athletes from Team LCS, including Anne-Cécile Ciofani, voted best player in the world of rugby 7s, silver medalist at Tokyo 2020.
Throughout the day, the cultural barge “Le Barboteur” will be installed on the Canal Saint-Denis, near the Stade de France to allow everyone to cool off. Food Trucks will also offer a complete catering offer and a DJ MIX will be present for a festive atmosphere.
After 7 p.m., the party continues in Paris – In closing, the public will be invited to Paris to participate in various activities on the theme of breakdance. From the forecourt of the Petit Palais from 8 p.m.:
– demonstrations and battles of urban dances (breaking, hip hop, voguing, etc.)
– graffiti workshops for children
– musical parade on rollerblades between the Petit Palais, the urban art center Fluctuart and the Philharmonie
– voguing evening at Dock B
All day, join the Stade de France in a group and in music!
On foot, by bike, by boat or by metro, Parisians and Séquano Dionysiens are invited to take one of these routes to celebrate Olympic Day at the Stade de France
10:30 a.m.: Departure for the cruise from the Bassin de la Villette
11 a.m.: Departure on foot from the town hall of Pantin and the Parc de la Villette
11:30 a.m.: Departure by River Shuttle from the Esplanade du Decathlon in Noisy-le-Sec
11:45 a.m.: Departure from Place des Arts in Ile-Saint-Denis to join a river shuttle
12 p.m.: Departure by transport, in front of the town hall of Epinay-Sur-Seine or in front of the town hall of Villetaneuse
12:40 p.m.: Departure by river shuttle from 6B in Saint-Denis or by tram 5 in front of the town hall of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
1 p.m.: Departure on foot from the Parc de la Villette
1 p.m.: Departure by bike/rollerblade/river shuttle from Place des Ecoles in Bobigny
1:20 p.m.: Gathering in front of the Saint-Denis Market for a collective departure of the procession from Place du 8 mai 1945 at 1:45 p.m.
1:30 p.m.: Departure on foot from Parc de la Villette for 4km of musical, sporting and cultural events and second departure of the river shuttle from 6B in Saint-Denis
2 p.m.: Departure by river shuttle from Place des Ecoles in Bobigny 2.30 p.m.: Departure by river shuttle from Place de la Pointe in Pantin
Buses will also be chartered in certain cities such as Bagnolet, Bondy, Drancy, Noisy Le Grand, Clichy Sous-Bois, Gournay Sur Marne, Livry-Gargan, Neuilly Plaisance…
Olympic Day is also…
Wednesday, June 22
Discovery of Olympic sports in Parisian schools > As part of the Sports Wednesdays system, this day is an opportunity to promote sports practice and knowledge of the Olympic disciplines with introductions to Olympic sports via various fun courses. Culture will also be there thanks to meetings with artists and artistic workshops. (The event is not open to the public). The College Games > Organized by the UNSS 93 and the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, the College Games bring together 1,000 college students invited to compete as a team around entertainment and sports activities throughout the day . Meet from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marville departmental park, 51 avenue Robert Salengro, 93120 La Courneuve.
Thursday, June 23
2024 meters for peace > The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) challenges all French people: run, walk, cycle or even ride a scooter, alone or with family, over 2024 meters, to share a message of peace. Everyone will be able to relay their challenge on social networks with #Defi2024m #JeBougePourLaPaix #JourneeOlympique and thus participate in the creation of a giant virtual tree, a symbol of peace. Go to www.journeeolympique.fr to download your bib 600 students for 20.24km > Nearly 30 schools will take turns over 20.24 kilometers to promote peace through the Paris region. “Terre de Jeux 2024” celebrates Olympism > Local authorities labeled “Terre de Jeux” and local CNOSF sports structures (CROS/CDOS/CTOS) celebrate Olympic Day in the territories. On the program: sports initiations, awareness of the Olympic values, and meetings with champions. Find the program on www.journeeolympique.fr Schoolchildren in the shoes of athletes > At the initiative of CDOS93, USEP93 and the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, nearly 800 schoolchildren from the Ile-de-France region will take part in a day discoveries and initiations to Olympic sports, at the departmental park of Marville. Meet from 10am at the departmental park of Marville 51 avenue Robert Salengro, 93120 La Courneuve.
Saturday June 25
Saint-Denis Olympique > Throughout the day, the associations will offer the general public sporting and cultural activities in the public space, within sports facilities made available by the City, which will then be made permanent for the inhabitants.
Throughout the week, many structures are mobilizing around Olympic Day (CROSIF, Academic Region, UNSS Créteil-Paris-Versailles, UNSS 93, CDOS 93, USEP 93, Regional USEP, INSEP, CROS/CDOS/CTOS of all the territory )
