With a total of 64 medals - 16 gold, 26 silver and 22 bronze - at the Paris 2024 Games, France beats its record from the Beijing Games in 2008 (43 medals). Each podium is rewarded with a taxable sum of money: 80,000 euros for gold, 40,000 for silver and 20,000 for bronze.
“France does not understand the true Olympic spirit.” These words do not belong to any sports commentator who has traveled to Paris to broadcast the most important competition in world sport.