In just three days’ time the 2024 Olympic Games will get under way in Paris. To celebrate the fact that the world’s biggest sporting event will be taking place less than 300 kilometres away in the City of Light and to support Belgium’s athlete’s, Brussels most famous son Manneken Pis was dressed in a special Olympic costume on Tuesday morning.
It's not the first time that Manneken Pis has been dressed in a special costume to mark the start of the Olympics. This was already the case ahead of the 2016 games in Rio and the last Olympic Games that were held three years ago in the Japanese capital Tokio. Back then, the boy that can’t stop peeing also wore a ‘Team Belgium’ costume.
Among those present at Tuesday morning’s ceremony was Jean-Michel Saive, the current chairman of the Belgian Olympic Committee (BOIC). It the former table tennis player represented Belgium at no fewer than 7 Olympic games. No other Belgian has competed at more Olympic Games than Jean-Michel Saive.