{"id":86070,"date":"2023-12-08T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T09:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/?p=86070"},"modified":"2024-08-19T16:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:06:53","slug":"patrick-martin-the-olympics-can-take-place-without-val-disere-but-it-wont-have-the-same-flavour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/patrick-martin-les-jo-peuvent-avoir-lieu-sans-val-disere-mais-ca-naura-pas-la-meme-saveur\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Martin: \"Without Val d'Is\u00e8re, the Olympic Games won't have the same flavour\"."},"content":{"rendered":"
Following the announcement that Val d'Is\u00e8re has been withdrawn as a venue for the 2030 Winter Olympics, the village's mayor was keen to react at a press conference on Thursday 7 December, ahead of the Crit\u00e9rium de la Premi\u00e8re Neige.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the announcement of the International Olympic Committee's intention to\u00a0\"<\/em> tightening up competition venues for ski events<\/em> \"The mayor of Val d'Is\u00e8re (Savoie) and Isola 2000 (Alpes-Maritimes), who was the first to be named, expressed his disappointment, pointing out that his resort was one of the pioneers in France. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"<\/em> Ski racing is in our genes, we've been organising races since 1968. We've got the facilities, we've got the know-how, we've got the athletes, we organised the 1992 Olympics and the 2009 World Ski Championships, and now we're being left out of the process when we're just at the beginning of the discussion.<\/em>Patrick Martin lamented. <\/p>\n\n\n\nVal d'Is\u00e8re, a regular at major events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n