Officials behind the 2012 Paris Olympic bid have pointed to strong crowds for the recent Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis meeting as reinforcing its claim to host the Games.
It says the recent meeting surpassed the world record attendance for an international athletics meeting with 63,851 spectators coming through the turnstiles of the Stade de France.
Said an official: “One year after the success of the 2003 IAAF World Championship, the amazing success of this meeting confirms that track and field athletics has definitely secured a strong audience among the French public.”
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