Paris Won the 2024 Olympics by Learning From Its Mistakes The French capital built on its past failures, putting sports first, stressing unity, pushing its environmental credentials and embracing the “L word”: lobbying. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:In Cuba’s Change of Leadership, More Black Officials in PowerReporter’s Notebook: How’s the Air in Beijing and New Delhi? From London, I Smelled the Smog and HazeISIS Spokesman Calls for Attacks on Arab NationsMet With Days of Protests, Nicaragua’s Leader Vows to Reverse CourseTariff Dodgers Stand to Profit Off U.S.-China Trade DisputeHe Played at Death in a Gaza Cemetery. Then He Was Buried There.