Adding French flair to India’s Olympic ambition

• The 2024 Games were a global success, with India contributing significantly to the success.
• The Indian Paralympic delegation achieved a record-breaking 18th position in the medals tally.
• India sent K9 teams abroad for the first time to patrol various Olympic venues, reinforcing France’s security arrangements.
• The first Indian hospitality centre in the Games’ history, India House, was set up during the Games.
• Paris 2024 was the most sustainable and inclusive Games, reducing the carbon footprint by 54.6% compared to the average for the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.
• The Games achieved gender parity with equal participation of male and female athletes, and made the Games accessible for spectators with disabilities.
• France has developed a comprehensive expertise that it now aims to share with its partners under its sports diplomacy.
• India’s Olympic bid and the organization of international sporting events are focusing on developing sporting practices and improving performance.
• The India-France Joint Statement welcomed the strengthening of sports cooperation and reaffirmed that France would share its experience of hosting the Paris 2024 Games with India as it bids to host the 2036 Games.
• The mission of the Ambassador-at-Large for Sport aims to enhance France’s understanding of India’s sports ecosystem and meet its various institutional and economical players to deepen existing areas of cooperation and explore new ones.
• The French sports industry is particularly dynamic, with a turnover of €75 billion in 2023, and promising new partnerships.
• Enhancing exchanges between sports movements and professionals is a constant priority for France’s sports diplomacy, with the main goal being to boost youth exchanges with India.