Paris Diamond League to go ahead with safety measures amid heatwave
Key takeaways
- Only competitions involving professional athletes will be held, with all other activities cancelled.
- Citing the exceptional heat that has affected Paris since June 21, the police prefecture had asked organisers of the meet, and other events scheduled this weekend, including a music festival and a Pride march, to cancel.
- The prefecture said it would be forced to comply with the order if they didn’t agree voluntarily, as emergency services needed to concentrate their efforts on protecting the most vulnerable people.
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Only competitions involving professional athletes will be held, with all other activities cancelled.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Only competitions involving professional athletes will be held, with all other activities cancelled [File: Franco Arland/Getty Images]By APPublished On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026This weekend’s Diamond League track and field meeting in Paris will go ahead as planned despite the historic heatwave gripping the country and stretching emergency services, organisers said.
Hours after Paris police authorities said they wanted the event cancelled, the French Athletics Federation (FFA) confirmed on Friday that it would take place on Sunday at Charlety Stadium, in agreement with the police prefecture.