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Olympics 2024: France's "throw of the dice" goes down as a success

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 13 Aug 2024, 9:02am
Fireworks illuminate the sky at the end of the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France on August 12, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Fireworks illuminate the sky at the end of the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France on August 12, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Olympics 2024: France's "throw of the dice" goes down as a success

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 13 Aug 2024, 9:02am

The Paris Olympics is going down as a success among Parisians. 

Newstalk ZB Correspondent Catherine Field is on the ground in the French capital, where she says hosting the Games was seen as a throw of the dice for the City of Love. 

She told Mike Hosking that with most of the stadiums outdoors, security was always going to be an issue, but it proved to be a success. 

New Zealand's team is now on the way home with our best ever medal haul. 

In all, we won 20: ten Gold, seven Silver, and three Bronze. 

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