Thomas Bach is the president of the International Olympic Committee. The German leader did not ignore the context, the difficulties, the criticisms, and the scale of the task remaining to be accomplished.

100 days before the event, which will mark the return of spectators to the Games after two editions hit by Covid, is Paris ready for the Games? Bach: 'The Organizing Committee is doing an extraordinary job. The cooperation with the IOC is perhaps the closest ever. Because we are in a situation where the Paris Games are aligned with our Olympic agenda.'