Bag with Paris 2024 Data Lost, Possibly Stolen, Prosecutor Says 

Workers set up a giant poster announcing the Olympic Games on the façade of the Solidarity and Health ministry in Paris, on February 27, 2024. (AFP)
Workers set up a giant poster announcing the Olympic Games on the façade of the Solidarity and Health ministry in Paris, on February 27, 2024. (AFP)
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Bag with Paris 2024 Data Lost, Possibly Stolen, Prosecutor Says 

Workers set up a giant poster announcing the Olympic Games on the façade of the Solidarity and Health ministry in Paris, on February 27, 2024. (AFP)
Workers set up a giant poster announcing the Olympic Games on the façade of the Solidarity and Health ministry in Paris, on February 27, 2024. (AFP)

A bag containing a computer and two memory sticks with data about the Paris 2024 Olympics has been lost by a City Hall engineer and may be stolen, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. 

An investigation into theft has been handed to transport police following the incident at the city's Gare du Nord railway station late on Feb. 26, the office said in a statement. 

"Although he was careful to point out that his bag contained a professional USB memory stick ... it is important to specify that this stick only contained notes relating to traffic in Paris during the Olympic Games, and not on sensitive security plans," the office said. 

Paris 2024 organizers declined to comment. 

The Paris Olympics will be held from July 26-Aug 11. 

Some 30,000 members of the police force are expected to be mobilized every day during the Olympics, with about 300,000 spectators expected to attend the opening ceremony along the River Seine. 



Saudi Arabia’s Participation in Paris Olympics Part of Quality of Life Program, Al-Bakr Says

The efforts of the sports system have combined to achieve the strategic goal assigned by Vision 2030 to the Quality of Life Program. (SPA)
The efforts of the sports system have combined to achieve the strategic goal assigned by Vision 2030 to the Quality of Life Program. (SPA)
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Saudi Arabia’s Participation in Paris Olympics Part of Quality of Life Program, Al-Bakr Says

The efforts of the sports system have combined to achieve the strategic goal assigned by Vision 2030 to the Quality of Life Program. (SPA)
The efforts of the sports system have combined to achieve the strategic goal assigned by Vision 2030 to the Quality of Life Program. (SPA)

CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Quality of Life Program Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Bakr said on Friday the Kingdom’s participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is part of integrated and comprehensive efforts to build a distinguished future for the sports sector in the Kingdom.

This will help reach the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 in achieving sports excellence and building a vital and stimulating sports sector for young Saudi men and women.

Al-Bakr said the participation reflects the support of the country’s wise leadership for the sports sector, as well as the efforts made by the Ministry of Sports and the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee to develop the sector under the supervision of Sports Minister and Chairman of the Olympic and Paralympic Committee Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal.

The efforts of the sports system have combined to achieve the strategic goal assigned by Vision 2030 to the Quality of Life Program, which is “achieving excellence in several sports regionally and globally” by launching several initiatives on supporting and empowering Saudi athletes and contributing to increasing the number of athletes participating in the Olympic Games.

Since its launch in 2018, the program has offered many initiatives to develop the sports sector, Al-Bakr said. He cited the Elite Athletes Development Program, which trained and empowered Saudi players participating in the Paris Olympics, in addition to initiatives concerned with supporting and empowering women to contribute to the sports system, the Saudi Games, and building sports academies, including the establishment of Mahd Academy.

The program seeks to discover, develop, and support sports talents with the aim of creating a sports generation capable of competing in and representing the Kingdom in various regional and international events, he added.