Paris Olympics: 3x3 basketball back in the Games
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00:00That's right Francoise you said just a short walk from here that's a vast urban park especially
00:06for this Olympic Games and not just hosting a 3x3 basketball but also skateboarding and BMX
00:11it's a wonderful atmosphere inside almost like a mini Olympic park in the French capital and
00:18the basketball is a delight to watch a really really a nice atmosphere just for people who
00:24might not know the rules it's played on a half a basketball court with three players in each
00:31team both teams attack and defend the same hoops it's very fast paced it's a very entertaining
00:39to watch and this sport making its comeback at the Paris 2024 Games after making its Olympic
00:45debut back in Tokyo three years ago alongside other urban sports that have been added to the
00:50Olympics program Francoise to encourage more young people to watch the Olympics and well the
00:57atmosphere was really quite incredible and there was one a famous face in the crowd of Francoise
01:02cheering on the women's USA team that was Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant wishing he was down there
01:09with some street basketball half court old style that sounds great let me ask you Celina when you're
01:16walking around where you are in the heart of the French capital what are people saying about
01:22Leon Marchand who by the way on just four hours sleep was back in the pool this morning after
01:27winning two gold medals on Wednesday evening. It was a absolutely historic moment wasn't it a lot
01:36of delighted French people as you can imagine on the streets of Paris today and even I think
01:41other Olympic fans because what everyone witnessed last night was a historic moment
01:46and Leon Marchand who becomes the first swimmer to win Olympic golds in both the 200 meter butterfly
01:52and breaststroke it was an absolutely incredible atmosphere at the Nanterre arena last night and
01:58obviously as you said he was back in the pool again today for his heats for the 200 meter
02:05individual medley he's already won the gold medal of course in the 400 meter
02:09category of that event he's now going for a fourth gold he had his heats earlier today where
02:15he finished a second after Duncan Scott the Brit who got a gold and silver medal even
02:22three years ago in Tokyo at this event that we can imagine Marchand leaving himself to let him
02:27herself have a bit of energy for later on because he'll also be competing now in that semi-final
02:33to make sure that he can compete for a fourth gold medal at this Olympics in that 200 meter
02:38individual medley which would be he's already achieved in a remarkable feat but if he manages
02:43to do that he will definitely be starting to write his name in the history books Francois