Paris Olympics 2024: The controversial hijab ban at sport's biggest party - BBC Sport

Paris will welcome the world this summer, but France's distinctive relationship with religion means its own Olympic athletes will have a different dress code.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Tyrese KingBBC SportImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first Muslim athlete to compete for the United States while wearing hijab when she won fencing bronze at Rio 2016

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Resting next to the Seine river, the Cite du Cinema is best known for film-making.

By July, though, its cavernous studio spaces will be refashioned into the heart of the athletes' village for the Paris Olympics.

Athletes from all countries and cultures will be found at the dining hall sitting across from one another sharing meals and stories. It is a multi-cultural melting pot, in which people of all different creeds and colours meet every four years.

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