.4 SPECTATORS TO BECOME GAMES PARTICIPANTS Yonathan Kellerman For the first time in the history of the Games, Paris 2024 is inviting spectators to get on their feet and EXPERIENCE THE GAMES AS ATHLETES THEMSELVES. The Paris 2024 GENERAL PUBLIC MARATHON will be staged on the same courses as the elite races, promising an unprecedented IMMERSIVE AND UNIQUELY EXCITING EXPERIENCE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. The general public marathon will comprise TWO RACE FORMATS, with races over 10 and 42km, so that everyone... whether experienced athletes or beginners, young or old, able-bodied or PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES , can enjoy this exceptional Olympic Games experience. While the number of places and how they will be allocated will be decided in 2022, one thing is certain: numerous activations will be organised through the PARIS 2024 CLUB, GAMES PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MOVEMENT in order to attract as many participants as possible. In fact, more than 2.000 Club Paris 2024 members have already secured their places! Delphine 43, resident of Saint-Brévin, Paris 2024 Club member "I’ve been running in a small family club for years. Participating in the Paris 2024 general public marathon is a dream come true and a reward for all those who, like me, keep going to the end, even though they are not top-level athletes." UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES TO EARN A RUNNER'S BIB! On Sunday 31 October 2021, marking 1000 day to go before the Paris 2024 Olympics, 3,600 runners – all members of Club Paris 2024 – took part in a unique race. On the world's most splendid avenue – the Champs Elysées – they pitted themselves against two-time Olympic marathon winner, Eliud Kipchoge, of Kenya. The champion was last to start, but managed to overtake more than half the other runners. Those who held onto their lead were rewarded with a runner's bib for the public marathon at Paris 2024. 1 PARIS 2024 OPEN GAMES PARIS 2024 16