In 81 days, from the top of his podium at the Soisy-sous-Montmorency stadium, he may be able to see the 2024 Olympic flame crossing the Val d’Oise before the opening ceremony in Paris. An event that will recall how, 26 years ago, the capital was enlivened by another grand show of which he was one of the stars: the start of the 1998 World Cup.
To him ? This is Romeo the European, all dressed in blue paint, one of the last survivors of the four “Giants”, colorful and eloquent, the stars of the parade of the time. On June 9 of that year, the public discovered him on the streets and on millions of television screens along with his three friends, Pablo, Moussa and Xo, among hundreds of costumed dancers. Twenty meters tall and weighing 38 tons, these plastic and metal creatures represent each continent and then converge on Concorde for a grand celebration.
Source: Le Parisien
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