Australian Olympic Committee chief on the Paris games

The Canberra Times

AOC chief executive Matt Carroll revealed more about the Paris Olympic games as he attended the launch of four special coins released by the Royal Australian Mint to commemorate the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games.

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00:00 As only the French can do, they're very good at doing something very special.

00:03 So I think what the Australian audiences are going to see and the people who are going to the games

00:08 is, you know, the beach volleyball, you know, 15,000 seat temporary stadium under the Eiffel Tower.

00:14 Where else in France do you have a question for the Palace of Versailles?

00:18 And you're also going to have, for the skateboarding, that's going to be in the Palais de Concorde.

00:22 I mean, how special are the French games going to be?

00:25 No, we never put out a medal count. As I often say to media,

00:30 you don't get the grand final score from an AFL or a rugby league coach before the grand final.

00:34 So, but there are some great opportunities for Australian athletes in across a multiple

00:38 number of sports. And our job, the AAC, is to make sure they have every opportunity to succeed.

00:43 I've been in many sports over my time, and they have been talking about the stadium for

00:47 Canberra for some time. It's sort of moved around a bit. It was going to be down near the city.

00:50 That's a decision, obviously, for the government, the people of Canberra.

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