The Paris Olympics They still haven’t found a venue to host the basketball discipline. The roadmap was to play in a stadium in the French capital, but this plan was rejected by the International Basketball Federation. After the rejection of FIBAOlympic Games coordinators are studying the possibility of it becoming a city of Lille, the chosen basketball host.
The poor conditions offered by the Parisian pavilion caused the FIBA Secretary General, Andreas Zagkliswill raise his voice: “We don’t feel that our athletes should be subject to the conditions we currently have on the table.”
The president of the Paris organizing committee, Tony Stanguetadmitted that they were not in a favorable situation: “We need to find solutions to maintain the level of ambition as much as we can according to our budget limits”, he admits Estanguet.
The soccer field of Lille seems like an alternative chosen by the organizers. The stadium has a retractable roof and previously hosted European football and basketball championship matches, as well as the Davis Cup tennis final. The city of Lille is located in the northeast near the Belgian border, 210 kilometers from the French capital. If this option is finally approved, basketball will not come Paris until the last days.
The original idea was that the Lille stadium would host the matches handball, with France as the ruling champion on both the men’s and women’s sides. If basketball moves to Lille, handball could move to Parc des Expositions in Paris designated as the original basketball venue.
Basketball is expected to be one of the disciplines that arouses more interest every summer due to the presence of stars from NBA and the WNBA in addition to the popularity of basketball in France.
in the key Choosing Spanishthe French city of Lille It brings us wonderful memories because it is the scene of exhibition ng Pau Gasol against France. That day Gasol finished with 40 points (12/21 shooting, 16/18 free throws) and 11 rebounds in 36 minutes of play to beat. France in overtime.
Source: La Verdad
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