The Yves-du-Manoir departmental stadium in Colombes has just been inaugurated. One hundred years after being the heart of the Paris Olympics in 1924, the venue will once again host Olympic events this summer.
The Colombes stadium is in fact the only sports site that hosted the Paris Olympic Games in 1924 to be used again a hundred years later. During this next Olympic event, the stadium was given a complete renovation over 22 months. The historic 6,000-seat stand on the main pitch, a vestige of the original stadium, has been brought up to standard.