At times during the opening week of Paris 2024, there has been a vague sense of being a guest at someone else's party... France hogs the karaoke, disco-dances in the centre of the lighted floor and generally has the time of its sporting life.
One week in, the Games have so far been grand, exhilarating, and unusually light and sustainable in their staging... Leon Marchand's double gold enthroned him as both the face of Paris 2024 and an object of almost visceral national yearning.
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