Olympic Games: the Monegasques have found their feet in Yanqing
02/02/2022 : Two days away from the opening ceremony, the Principality’s athletes were keen to share their impressions of the first few hours in the Olympic Village.
Olympic Games: put to the test by the Chinese bubble
The first to arrive in Beijing, Damien Desprat (Chef de Mission) had to come to terms quickly with the rigorous and intransigent system set up by the organisers.
Having left on Monday, Damien Desprat is the first Monegasque to arrive in Beijing. “There were only 167 people in the plane (chartered from Paris specifically for individuals accredited for the Games). We were seated widely apart, that was the intention.”
6th IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport
Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the 6th IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport will be held in Monaco from 25th to 27th November with the support of the COM (Monegasque Olympic Committee). Close to 1,100 participants (from over 80 countries) are expected at the Grimaldi Forum. Experts, top scientists and practitioners from the world of medicine and sports will be sharing their latest discoveries by means of plenary conferences, symposiums, workshops and discussions. The aim is to put academic knowledge into practice in order to maximise participation in safe sport.
The Monegasques hard at work in Tokyo
19/07/2021 : Having settled in at the Olympic Village, the first “red and white” athletes have started training in the Japanese capital just a few days before the Games get under way.
