Prince’s Grandfather, John B. Kelly Sr is Honoured at the Paris Olympics
To celebrate the centenary of his third gold medal in rowing one hundred years ago, at the 1924 Paris Games, ‘World Rowing’ honoured the grandfather of Prince Albert II with a reception at the Paris Olympics in the presence of the Sovereign, the Kelly family, Thomas Bach, IOC President and Jean Christophe Rolland, president of World Rowing.
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said that beyond this anniversary, the event also celebrated an Olympic family, with John B. Kelly Jr (bronze medalist in rowing at the 1956 Games), Prince Albert II, five-time bobsleigh participant at the Winter Games from 1988 to 2002 and Princess Charlene, swimmer at the 2000 Games.
Prince Albert II presents the Gold Medal for Rowing
The Prince presented the Olympic medals to the winners of the double sculls at the Vaires-sur-Marne water sports stadium on Thursday 1 August. Representing Romania, A.S. Cornea and M. Enache climbed onto the highest step of the podium, ahead of silver medalists M. Twellaar and S. Broenink (Netherlands) and the bronze medalists D. Lynch and P. Doyle (Ireland).
Prince Albert II visits the Paris Olympic Village
The Sovereign visited the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis on Monday, after swimmer Théo
Druenne’s race (800 metre freestyle). The Prince toured the apartments where Monaco’s delegation is staying. He spoke to each one of the athletes, coaches and managers before having lunch with the entire delegation in the Village restaurant.
According to the Prince, it’s a beautiful Village, which he’s already had the opportunity to witness several presentations about through his role within the International Olympic Committee. The Prince stated that there are many fantastic buildings that are well-constructed and will remain in use after the Games.The village is situated in a former industrial zone and everything is geared for the stay and preparation of the athletes, with training centres and more, so all the delegations can live the special, beautiful and unique experience of the Games.
Prince Albert II cheers on Team Monaco at the Olympics
Quentin Antognelli won the single scull D final, completing his Games in the most beautiful way. On the Vaires-sur-Marne race course, for his fifth race, the representative of the Principality set an excellent time of 6:54.93, finishing the Games in an honourable 19th place overall.
At the Arena Champ-de-Mars dojo, in the presence of Prince Albert II, judoka Marvin Gadeau (+100kg) knew that he was not starting as a favourite against the Cuban Granda. The Monegasque resisted, but ended up losing the fight, following an error that benefited his opponent.
On Tuesday, in a packed Stade de France, Marie-Charlotte Gastaud set out to beat her personal best time in the 100 metre. In lane 7, she finished 6th in heat 4 of the preliminary round. With a time of 12:41, the “red and white” sprinter beat her previous record (12:52). The athlete stated that she is satisfied with her race and that running at the Stade de France was magical, the atmosphere was magnificent and unique.
Princely couple discusses the Olympics in a Paris Match Interview
Former Olympic athletes, Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene spoke of their common passion for sport, the Paris Olympics and their children during an interview for Paris Match. The princely couple spoke about when they first started dating and the formalization of their relationship at the Turin Olympics in 2006, which was exciting for Prince Charlene because she had never seen a Winter Olympics before and had experienced very little snow.
Prince Albert II said that he approves of the fact that these Games have been exemplary in terms of sustainability. The Prince also predicted that one day, there will be a Monegasque athlete on the podium at the Olympics. He also said that they both encourage their children to practice sports. Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella both swim, do gymnastics, have been introduced to fencing, tennis and volleyball and Prince Jacques does taekwondo. To both Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, values adopted through sport are fundamental.
Marie and Louis Ducruet reveal the Gender of their second Baby!
Marie and Louis Ducruet posted pictures from their gender-reveal party on instagram with five photos on 17 June. The couple posed in front of a cake with blue and pink decorations along with their first child, Victoire, and their dog, Pancake. The final photo shows the family amongst pink confetti with the caption, “It’s going to be a… GIRL”
