End of the 1920s in La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis).
The town has only a little more than 5,000 inhabitants but the Marville “racetrack” is starting to make a name for itself among sports fans in the Paris region, especially among fans of… greyhound racing, which is compete there in front of thousands of people.
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Almost a hundred years later, the dog track has disappeared and the protagonists have changed a lot.
This Tuesday evening, on an astonishing floating stage, an audience of elected officials surrounds the president of the organizing committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Tony Estanguet.
On the water, they inaugurated the Marville aquatic center, the new flagship of a departmental sports park in full renewal.
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