Paris 2024 have unveiled the final part of their candidature file ©Paris 2024

"Innovative" security measures including anti-drone technology and cyber crime prevention techniques are being pioneered by French authorities in time for use at Paris 2024 should the country's Olympic and Paralympic bid be successful.

This was revealed in the third part of Paris' Candidature Files submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne this week.

The 149-page file repeatedly emphasised the values of sharing and togetherness which they claim are so at the heart of their bid.

The word "sharing" is specifically mentioned 45 times, with a further 25 references to "share".

Eyecatching examples of this included a pledge to incorporate the River Seine into the Games.

It would be accessible from Athletes' Village while hospitality houses could also be located either besides or on the river.

"The Berges de Seine will also feature innovative turnkey solutions on tailor-made barges and boats for NOCs (National Olympic Committees)/NPCs (National Paralympic Committees, IFs (International Federations) and partners interested in providing an attractive gathering place for their guests," it is explained.

"French gastronomy" is also another Athletes' Village selling point.

Paris' Torch Relay will also visit all five French overseas departments - Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana, Mayotte, and Reunion - before returning to the country itself. 

However, security is seen as the biggest challenge for France due to the danger of terrorism in the country.

An artistic impression of the Athletes' Village seen as a major Paris 2024 selling point ©Paris 2024
An artistic impression of the Athletes' Village seen as a major Paris 2024 selling point ©Paris 2024

An incident yesterday took place outside the Louvre - the building pictured on page two of the Candidature File - in which a soldier shot a man who, according to French police, was carrying a machete and shouting "Allahu Akbar" - a Islamic phrase meaning "God is most great".

If the bid is successful, a General Coordinator for Games Security (GCGS) would be appointed by the Ministry of the Interior in charge of "coordinated planning and delivery of safety and security operations".

They would coordinate with both the Organising Committee and security forces in a hope to replicate the successful operation enforced at the Euro 2016 football championships last year.

"The French safety and security industry has been involved in Paris 2024 candidature and encouraged to accelerate its research and developments efforts to make innovative technologies available by 2024 in the following critical areas," the files added.

"Command and control centres CCTV analysis systems Anti-drone technology Detection technology Technology for protection of waterways and waterbodies Cyber crime prevention."

Other key themes include a strong pledge towards anti-doping.

Their commitment was supposedly strengthened by the claim that "no French Olympic medallist has ever tested positive".

This can be presumed to refer to positive tests at the Games itself, because several Frenchmen to have won Olympic medals have been implicated in failed drugs tests elsewhere during their careers.

French swimmer Frédérick Bousquet, for instance, an Olympic 4x100 metres freestyle relay bronze medallist at Beijing 2008 who has appeared as a Paris 2024 ambassador, was given a two month suspension in October 2010 after returning a positive test for heptaminol from using an over the counter ointment.

Frédérick Bousquet, left, pictured alongside co-bid leader Tony Estanguet at a Paris 2024 promotional event ©Getty Images
Frédérick Bousquet, left, pictured alongside co-bid leader Tony Estanguet at a Paris 2024 promotional event ©Getty Images

Paris' document was also littered with references to ways to address areas seen as problematic during last year's Games in Rio de Janeiro.

This included ways to ensure full stadiums and adequate training and recruitment for all volunteers.

An Athletes' Village test event would also be pioneered to fine tune potential problems.

The French capital are locked in a three horse race for the Games with Budapest and Los Angeles.

Budapest, however, have not yet made their latest Candidature File public due to a delay in beginning their international promotion as they seek to focus on a domestic campaign amid growing calls for a referendum.

A host is then due to be chosen at the IOC Session in Lima on September 13.

The full third part of Paris 2024's Candidature Files can be read here