Jeux de la Francophonie 2023

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Barbara Pravi 

 

“Leve Toi” is song I’ve been listening to all summer 

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Shame because Kinshasa is one of the world’s greatest cities for music.  
 

Also intestinal parasites.  

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Artistic segment was actually pretty good in my opinion. A good start to a beleaguered event. 

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Women’s freestyle 55kg (wrestling) has a grand total of two entries in it 

 

Gold medal for  or

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Apparently, the Games costed 67 M€ to host, not a small amount for a country like RDC.

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12 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

Apparently, the Games costed 67 M€ to host, not a small amount for a country like RDC.

Yeah, and they weren’t too impressed with all the withdrawals. The LOC Director provided some pointed remarks about Quebec, Wallonia, and France. Link: https://www.francsjeux.com/2023/07/28/with-these-games-we-mark-our-presence/94138

Edited July 29, 2023 by Olympian1010

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67 M € for nothing , Noone in this world watch these Games except some people here and there and I'm pretty sure that they are sank in Debts like all other African Countries , African Games is much more popular than these Games Whom France was trying to copy Commonwealth Games , but they failed to spread 

Edited July 29, 2023 by thepharoah

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Wrestling scheduling was a bit confusing, but finals are live and the atmosphere is terrific 

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 wins the first gold medal of the Games. Go figure 

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 gets the better of  in women’s 53kg freestyle. Their odds of topping the medal table improve every time they do that.