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2 sie 2024 · Locals have refused to let the Paris 2024 Olympic Games damage their environment – or their way of life – in Teahupo'o, Tahiti.
30 lip 2024 · Olympic Surfing Comes to a ‘Poisoned’ Paradise. In 1974, a radioactive cloud from a French nuclear test drifted over Teahupo’o, Tahiti, now the surfing venue for the Paris Games. Villagers ...
29 lip 2024 · Teahupo'o is the site of the surfing event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games—which has generated some controversy over fears of damaging its coral reef and even changing its famous waves.
7 gru 2023 · Flying 48 surfers, judges, journalists and others so far looks awkward against Paris organisers' stated ambition of reducing the Olympics' carbon footprint by half.
2 cze 2024 · Tahiti’s surfing reef is too far offshore for fans to see the action clearly from the beach, so organizers say they calculated that most would watch on television instead of taking flights, a major source of carbon emissions.
18 lis 2023 · After months of heated conversations, protests and petitions, Paris 2024 organizers have come to a final decision on what to do about the controversial Tahitian judging tower at Teahupo’o, where the surfing event for next year’s Olympic Games will be held.
17 lis 2023 · Olympics organisers said Friday they will stick with a famous Tahiti beach for surfing contests at next year's Games, but agreed to modify plans for a tower that has had environmentalists up in...
