"It will not be a sports show": what will the daily life on the Olympics of France Télévisions look like

Carole Gaessler is "delighted". Tuesday morning, the presenter of the news of France 3 did not hide her joy at the idea of finally being able to reveal what will contain her daily news dedicated to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Postponed several times, the start of this program announced for a year should now not be delayed. "I will not give you a precise date or time," said Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, program director of France Télévisions, broadcaster of the competition. The official objective is to keep competition in limbo for as long as possible.

However, we know that the daily 26-minute newspaper, called "Aux Jeux Citoyens!" should land on France 3 around 20 p.m., and a priori this summer. Its mission: to "give momentum" to an event whose kick-off is set in more than a year, on July 26, 2024. "The Olympic Games in Paris only happen once every hundred years," said Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez about this choice to occupy the field well upstream.

Show the work of all anonymous people

One thing is certain, "it will not be a sports program", as all the speakers have hammered. Mixing reports and on-set sequences "Aux Jeux Citoyens!" aims to show how an entire country is set in motion to organize global sporting events. If the champions will obviously be followed in their preparation, the cameras of France Télévisions also want to show the work of all the anonymous working to organize this great celebration of sport. And this everywhere in France.

In the studio, Carole Gaessler will be surrounded by several athletes. Among them, former athlete Stéphane Diagana, ex-boxer Sarah Ourahmoune, or retired Laure Manaudou, not to mention the returning Marie-José Pérec. Each week, disabled swimmer Théo Curin will also offer a taxi ride to a competitor for an intimate interview. A figure in France Télévisions' sports department, Alexandre Boyon will be in charge of a chronicle around a moment of archives of the Olympic Games. Personalities "passionate about sport" and "not in promo" will finally be invited.

Recorded most of the time, "Aux Jeux Citoyens!" does not exclude switching live when the news requires it. This should be the case on the day of the arrival of the Olympic flame in France. While the price of Olympic tickets has recently been controversial, the new magazine promises to also discuss the topics that annoy. "Editorial freedom will be total," says Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez. "We are not Complement d'enquête or the television news, but we do not forbid anything," abounds Carole Gaessler, who salivates in advance at the idea of writing "a page of the collective memory" of the country.