US EditionParis dusts off statues of trailblazing women from 2024 Olympics
- On July 18, 2025, Paris installed the first of 10 statues celebrating pioneering French women from the 2024 Olympics.
- The first statue honors Gisèle Halimi, known for her advocacy in reproductive rights and defense of a minor in a 1972 abortion case.
- Other statues include Simone Veil and Simone de Beauvoir, notable figures in French history.
- The city plans to keep the statues in the neighborhood until at least the opening of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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These statues, which emerged from the Seine during the Games ceremony and represented women illustrious in the history of France, are to be installed on this axis of the north of the capital.
·Paris, France
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The ten works are being installed on Rue de la Chapelle, a district in the process of redevelopment. Gisèle Halimi's work was put in place on Friday 18 July.
·Paris, France
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Ten statues of famous women, visible during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, are being set up in a district in the north of the capital under renovation.
·Paris, France
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Paris 2024 has doped France on the world stage, but a long-term strategy remains to be defined.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right3Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Left, 41% Center
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- 41% of the sources lean Left, 41% of the sources are Center
41% Center
L 41%
C 41%
R 18%
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