Actions, a conclusion a gazette, and a painting to carry on the legacy of the Paris 2024 Games with the French Pierre de Coubertin Committee
It must be said that since the end of 2023, there has been both turmoil and spectacle. At that time, the questions were different. What could the Olympic Games bring? We wondered about their organization, their cost, their impact on local communities, and the preparation of our athletes.
Then they finally arrived — long awaited.
The excitement gradually grew, from Olympia to Paris, through a few key stages blending tradition and modernity.
The celebration was everywhere — in Paris, of course, but also across the provinces and in the countryside, where everyone, with their own sensitivity and resources, tried to bring the Olympic Games to life for as many people as possible.
It reached — or rather propelled — an entire generation: the generation that became the Generation 2024.
A generation that came close to touching the Olympic ideal of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, carried and embodied not only by the athletes, but by all Olympic stakeholders — from the IOC to the Regional Olympic Committees (CDOS), including the French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF) and the French Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CFPC).
Now comes the hardest part: carrying this legacy beyond the Games — ensuring that the humanity we felt, the emotions we experienced, the sense of respect, and the powerful message of diversity and inclusion outlive this magical moment. The key challenge: passing it on and sharing it. This legacy must inevitably be built through education and youth.
And that is precisely the focus of Gazette Coubertin No. 76/77, freshly published — and which I’m honored to feature on the cover. So, for those who would like to learn more, who are curious to understand how the federations and all the stakeholders — both the well-known and the lesser-known — are contributing, each in their own way, to this collective will to pass on the legacy… In this effort, just like during these Olympic Games, they certainly didn’t lack creativity — and the results speak for themselves.
A big thank you to Gilles Lecocq, coach, lecturer and researcher in sport psychology, and member of the French Pierre de Coubertin Committee, where he serves as editor-in-chief, as well as to all the members of the CFPC, for offering me the opportunity and making the choice to combine art and sport through one of my paintings for the cover of this gazette — the very first issue published after the Paris Olympics.
It is a honor to contribute to the cause of sport, transmission, and art.
The Missions of the French Pierre de Coubertin Committee
Gazette No. 76/77 – June 23, 2025, Olympic Day
Rather than explain it to you, I invite you to discover this gazette for yourself.
The Painting Featured on the Gazette Coubertin
Judo is much more than a combat sport: it is a way of life rooted in respect, self-discipline, and the constant pursuit of improvement — both physical and moral.
Its founder, Jigoro Kano, saw judo as a true educational tool, serving both the individual and society.
A vision that aligns deeply with that of Pierre de Coubertin, the architect of modern Olympism.
Judo perfectly embodies the Olympic values:
- Excellence, in the pursuit of personal improvement;
- Respect, for the opponent, the teacher, the rules, and oneself;
- Determination, expressed through full commitment and the will to push beyond one’s limits — without ever compromising on ethics;
Judo teaches you how to fall — and how to get back up. It teaches you to win without arrogance and to lose without losing yourself. In the Olympic spirit, it’s not just about victory, but about giving your all, growing together, on the tatami and in life.
