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Paris 2024 will rely on a 30,000-strong team of volunteers for the Olympics, with 15,000 being mobilized for the Paralympic Games, the organizing committee announced on Friday.
Some 20 percent of the volunteers will come from foreign countries after being selected from 300,000 applicants. The vetting process is yet to be completed, according to the committee.
Paris town hall puts on Olympic decorations before the Paris Games this summer. /CFP
"The number of volunteers mobilized for the Paris 2024 Games is in line with our needs and our project, with the aim of giving volunteers a real mission and making them feel useful," Paris 2024 said in a statement to Reuters.
"The size of the volunteers programs depends on the number of competition venues operated and the number of sports on the Games program - which can change from one edition to the next."
The volunteers' program kicks off on Saturday with the Volunteers Convention at the Paris La Defense Arena, with a presentation by Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet and the unveiling of the uniforms they will wear during the Games.
The 2012 edition of the Summer Games in London had 70,000 volunteers while the Tokyo Games, which took place after a year of delay in 2021, originally planned on having 110,000 and eventually did with 80,000. The Paris Games kickstarted their global recruiting campaign of a planned 45,000 volunteers since March last year.
(With input from Reuters)