Despite the war, “we will be at the Olympics”, assures the Palestinian Olympic committee. “Between athletes, coaches, club staff, the Palestinian sports scene has lost at least 170 people,” says Nader Jayousi.
The Palestinian flag will fly on the Seine on July 26 during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. And the technical director of the committee hopes to beat the record for athletes present, set at 5 in Japan in 2012. “We will do better than in Tokyo.”