4 02 PARIS 21 SPECTATORS TO BECOME GAMES .4 PARTICIPANTS For the 昀椀rst time in the history of the Games, Paris 2024 is inviting spectators to get on their UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES feet and EXPERIENCE THE GAMES AS TO EARN A RUNNER'S BIB! ATHLETES THEMSELVES. The Paris 2024 GENERAL PUBLIC MARATHON will be staged On Sunday 31 October 2021, marking on the same courses as the elite races, promising an unprecedented IMMERSIVE AND UNIQUELY 1000 day to go before the Paris 2024 EXCITING EXPERIENCE FOR THE GENERAL Olympics, 3,600 runners – all members PUBLIC. of Club Paris 2024 – took part in a unique race. On the world's most splendid The general public marathon will comprise avenue – the Champs Elysées – they TWO RACE FORMATS, with races over pitted themselves against two-time Olympic marathon winner, Eliud 10 and 42km, so that everyone... whether Kipchoge, of Kenya. The champion was experienced athletes or beginners, young or old, able-bodied or PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, last to start, but managed to overtake can enjoy more than half the other runners. Those who held onto their lead were rewarded this exceptional Olympic Games experience. with a runner's bib for the public While the number of places and how they will marathon at Paris 2024. be allocated will be decided in 2022, one thing is certain: numerous activations will be organised through the PARIS 2024 CLUB, GAMES PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MOVEMENT in order to attract as many participants as possible. In fact, more than 2.000 Club Paris 2024 members have already secured their places! Delphine S 43, resident of Saint-Brévin, E M Paris 2024 Club member A N G "I’ve been running in a small family club E for years. Participating in the Paris 2024 P 4 O general public marathon is a dream come 2 true and a reward for all those who, like 0 S 2 me, keep going to the end, even though I they are not top-level athletes." R A Yonathan Kellerman P 16