The 1924 Paris Olympics saved the Games. Can this year’s event repeat that success?

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The 1924 Paris Olympics saved the Games. Can this year’s event repeat that success?

Faced with competition from rival sporting events, the future of the Games hung in the balance. A century on, new hurdles are loomingParis 1924 was the sixth and last Olympics presided over by Baron de Coubertin, the modern movement’s founder. He had good reason to be pleased with his work. The French government had enthusiastically backed the enterprise, providing a budget of 20m francs and a new stadium. The Olympic rituals – the parade of nat…