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epa10573323 Three-time Olympic champion Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, poses for a photo during an interview at the headquarters of the Olympic Committee in Saint Denis, France, 14 April 2023 (issued 15 April 2023). Estanguet spoke about the challenges of organizing the sporting event in Paris, and addressed the topic of the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes, stressing out the unifying power of sport, where cultures from all over the world coexist without talking about politics. EPA/TERESA SUAREZ